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[quote=Anonymous]Try to avoid having to give too many directions. Make eye contact with a direction that tells her what you want her to do. Wait for her to have time to process and then repeat. Then pick her up and move her off the couch or physically put the shoes on for her, saying that soon she will be grown up enough to do this by herself. Little kids don’t want to be thought of as babies.

She’s testing limits. So every single time, you follow through. Try to think of logical consequences. You jump on the couch, you aren’t allowed to sit on it for three days. They aren’t ready on time, within reason for a little kid, you get them ready first next time and they sit by the door with a book ten minutes early while the rest of the family gets ready. They don’t pick up toys, you help them do it by hold your hand over theirs and “show” them how to close their fingers over an item and lift it.

You also try to think ahead of what needs to happen next and give warning and then try to make it fun. Set a timer and try to beat it when picking up Legos and throwing them in a bin. Timer goes off, you cheer or mown, then hug the kid and say it’s so fun to clean up with you.

Positive good cheer is tiring sometimes, but much better than yelling. A child this age wants to connect with you. They aren’t going to just follow orders.[/quote]

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