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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 3.5 YO DD is capable of completing some basic morning routine tasks (ex: getting dressed, putting shoes on) but refuses to do these things by herself at least 75% of the time. For example, morning, I asked her to put her shoes on multiple times and even brought her shoes over to her. She refused to put them on by herself and insisted she needed help. (I was holding her younger sister, putting lunches in backpacks, and gathering things to load the car, so it obviously would have been difficult for me to drop everything to put her shoes on for her.) Is this normal 3 YO behavior? Is expecting her to complete a few steps of her morning routine independently asking too much of her? To be clear, I do not expect her to do these things on her own without prompting yet. And again - she knows how to put her shoes on. She just doesn’t want to do it by herself.

Any tips would be appreciated since it feels like it is taking us way longer to get out the door in the morning than it should.[/quote]

She's spoiled and wants your attention. Tell her to put her shoes on and if she doesn't tell her she stays home while you go out.  You only have to do this once and she will get the message.[/quote]

She's not spoiled. She's just a kid on a busy morning. OP, I'd just put her shoes on for now, this isn't a battle worth it. I do think a visual schedule-which you can make and print easily for free-might be helpful, some kids like that. But I'd just plan on doing her shoes, I feel like my kids were more like 4 when they were independent with that.[/quote]

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