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[quote=Anonymous]It's a phase. Preschoolers are trying to learn to be independent. They have so little control in their lives that they try to establish control wherever they can. It will pass. We had to call my son Pikachu for almost a year; it passed. This will too. What I did was I call him Pikachu around the house and doing things that didn't involve others. When we were out and about or with others, I reverted to calling him by his given name. As long as you call her her chosen name regularly, when you revert to her given name in other situations the tantrums will be smaller. She will recognize that she has the control in the situations when you call her by the name of her choosing and will fight the exception less. After time, you will be using that character name less and less until you are back to using her real name. Give her that little bit of control of her own life. [/quote]
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