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Authoritative Parent Approach: Refusal to Get Dressed

Authoritative Parent Approach: Refusal to Get Dressed

Build up muscle memory in low stakes practice

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Jun 05, 2025
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always finding more books to bring to bed

Last week I met with parents over Zoom who were completely stumped by one particular parenting battle: getting their 5-year-old to put on clothes.

“We know he can do it,” they said.

“He’s done it a hundred times. But when we ask, he suddenly forgets how. Or says he can’t… Or he flops like a noodle onto the floor.”

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