If I don't tell him we're doing something he generally takes it in his stride as and when things happen.
If I tell him something is happening but in a very low-key, boring way he is a bit resistant but if I then drop the subject he'll often come round.
If I say "We're doing X later, that might be fun!" he has a furious tantrum and flatly refuses to do X.
If anything is ever suggested to him as something fun or positive or that he might enjoy, no matter how big or small, he resists it completely.
And I'm not gushing about things either - I just mean a slightly positive slant to things.
Obviously there is a mangled and tortured logical reason for this in his 3yo little head. Why do you think it might be?
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Typical example from this morning:
Me: You've got baking at school today! I've named your sheepy apron and put it in your bag.
Him: I DON'T WANT TO LEARN BAKING. I DON'T WANT MY SHEEPY APRON! I DON'T WANT A NAME IN IT!
And he threw it out of his bag and stormed off.
However, if I'd not mentioned it at all and just put the apron in his bag he would have been quite happy to discover it at school and to make shape biscuits.
Whyyyyyyyyyy?????
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Pop psychology. Why does my 3yo resist anything that is suggested to him in a jolly way?
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allhailtheaubergine · 14/09/2011 05:22
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