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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.
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...
Yeah, exactly. They do realise quickly the two choices are just a construct and reality actually has infinite choices for them.
"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.
Mine just says "No" when I give him two choices
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