• cRazi_man@europe.pubEnglish
    42·
    15 hours ago

    This method of false choice works really well with toddlers. “Do you want to take your ball into the bath or leave it here in your room?” He gets preoccupied with the decision about the ball. What he doesn’t realise is that one way or another, he’s getting into the bath.

    • RustySharp@programming.devEnglish
      18·
      12 hours ago

      It worked about maybe 20% of the time with ours. The majority of the time they would start presenting other options.

      “Or, I play with the ball in the backyard”, and started heading towards the door. Or, “you take it”, rolled the ball over, and started playing with something else.

      It’s cute as, but also an endless source of frustration for us…

      • gedfromgont@piefed.caEnglish
        12·
        12 hours ago

        Yeah, exactly. They do realise quickly the two choices are just a construct and reality actually has infinite choices for them.

        • RustySharp@programming.devEnglish
          6·
          6 hours ago

          “Quickly” is right. Soon as they started being mobile, we’ve not been able to distract them from whatever they’re trying to get to.

          “No, you can’t have chilli con carne yet. Here’s some of your favourite snacks instead”

          *Ignored them all and keeps trying to reach for my food. They turned red and ran away screaming when I relented and gave them what was more chilli than carne.

          Then they did it again the next day with the exact same result. Guess you’re never too young to learn about reproducibility of results.

    • Cort@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      10 hours ago

      Mama/dada is around 1, they should be forming short phrases at 2.

      May want to recommend the neighbors tune into Ms. Rachel on YouTube.

        • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 hours ago

          Yeah, this one is above our pay grade here. Sometimes speech delays are innocuous (individuals will learn language when they are ready, but if you try to force it early it does not work at all).

          Not as severe an example, but all of my siblings and I learned to read (basic phonics) around age 4, 4 and a half. One of my siblings did not learn to read until they were five and a half. Said sibling is also a godsdamned genius so i too generally feel it’s worth seeing a pediatrician over stuff like this.