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[quote=Anonymous][quote]He tried to throw his trash on the ground. 
He tried to make me do stuff for him. He would actually ask very nicely- like- mommy can you do me a favor and carry my backpack today, I am tired- but this happens almost every day and with things like putting on his shoes, buckling up, and other run of the mill things. I don't discourage him when he wants to do stuff on his own, but it just doesn't happen often.

This is the one thing that struck me as really strange and out of the ordinary. He should be doing things for himself. He's asking you to carry his backpack?!? To put on his shoes?!? He's SIX? This is not a personality thing. This is a parenting thing -- you need to lay down some ground rules here that he is responsible for certain things and that as he gets older and older, he'll be responsible for more and more. This is about teaching your child to be a healthy and responsible adult. That's the job of a parent. A parent is not a forever-care-giver. 
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Yeah, this seemed odd to me as well.  My child is 6 and if he asked me to do these things for him, unless he was sick or had some other unusual issue, I would say no and tell him to do it for himself.[/quote]

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