We’re always told to give kids choices?but here’s where it can backfire
?Shall we read Curious George"? I ask my toddler. We?re in the middle of lunch, but reading has become a necessary distraction for her active and loitering mind during mealtimes.
?No,? she replies, without a second thought.
?Love You Forever"?
?Not that one.?
?The Wonderful Things You Will Be"?
?Noooo,? she wails in exasperation.
And the cycle continues until we reach the end of the basket of books that I?ve placed strategically next to her chair at the table.
She may only be 18 months old, but my daughter is an avid reader. She loves spending time with me flipping through pages and naming pictures together. When I discovered that she would finish her meal with (relative) ease with a good book in front of her, I welcomed this as a happy alternative to screen time. So, when she began rejecting books with her food, even her usual favourites, I couldn?t understand it. I was even letting her choose the book! Therein, I realized, lay the problem: She had too many to choose from.
It was a moment of epiphany for me?although it should not have come as a surprise given my parallel experience in my adult life. Like most of us, I?ve spent many a night endlessly scrolling through Netflix, only to realize that it?s now too late and I?m too tired to watch an entire show or movie. I?ve succumbed to the habit of keeping open several carts when online shopping, filling each cart meticulously after hours of careful scrutiny, but not quite ready to make a purchase, because the...
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