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[quote=Anonymous]Sounds like you already are a good parent for recognizing what's not working for your family!  Those ages are really hard even when there isn't a pandemic going on.

If this is something that has only started to happen while everyone's been home, it's hard to say how much parenting books will help.  I've read a lot of them and none of them have a chapter titled "how to handle behavioral issues during a pandemic and other shelter-in-place issues."   :lol:  Maybe there are a few things you could simply tweak.  PPs have a lot of good suggestions.

My very willful soon-to-be 4yo DD doesn't respond to choices (she'll simply declare that she wants neither option and will choose something else entirely) and will negotiate and argue every little thing.  She acts up to get attention. Two things seem to work:  as much quality time with her as possible (which isn't easy since I have a 6yo DS who also wants to spend lots of time with me); and being silly.  Silliness diffuses the power struggles and also serves as a distraction because often something I say or do will catch her attention and then we'll start talking about that instead of why she can't wear her swimsuit outside or whatever.[/quote]

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