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It takes longer than people tend to think before kids learn to infer things well at all, and so being explicit about causal chains tends to make kids more likely to take advice. E.g "put your coat on" might not lead the child to think it is cold, and even a "put your coat on, it's cold outside" might still not lead the child to realise that means they'll freeze without the coat. A lot of tantrums would be avoided if…
Depends on the kid and their age. Me to my 3.5-year-old boy after evening bath (winter here right now): Your feet are going to get cold, don't you want to put on your slippers to keep them warm? Him: No! And if I put them on he'll take them off as soon as I'm not stopping him from doing so. For putting on warm enough jacket for school I try similar reasoning which has yet to work with any kind of consistency, still m…
Re: How do wombats poop cubes? (2021)
#121Have you tried asking your son if the slippers and/or the coat might be uncomfortable to him in some way? You seem to assume that he randomly throws tantrums just to annoy you, but maybe he has a reason.