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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don’t listen to the empathetic, let’s-develop-a-collective-strategy-with-an-irrational-preschooler parents; young children need direct, simple instructions with clear and consistent consequences. They don’t want to brainstorm boundaries, YOU set the boundaries. Young children want to know the dimensions of their world, this goes, this doesn’t, this is good, that’s bad. Your rules should be as natural as the laws of physics: gravity makes things fall and children don’t roll their eyes at their mothers. [/quote] You can be empathetic and set clear boundaries. "I hear you don't want to go home, but that's what we're doing now. I know, it's hard and you're mad about it. Do you want to walk or should I carry you to the car?". Then pick them up and put them in the car. No threatening or negotiating, while still allowing them to be upset and holding the boundary. [/quote]
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