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4yo repeats something endlessly (self.Daddit)

submitted 1 year ago by nerdflower to c/[email protected]

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Help me out Dads. My 4 year old boy has an annoying habit of repeating something indefinitely until someone acknowledges what he said. For instance, we're watching Groot videos and I called him "little guy" and my kid said "he gets big though" like 20 times before I ended it by saying "yep totally". I usually don't let him go so long but I wanted to see if he'd give it up.

Is this a thing with kids? Do they grow out of it?

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[–] musicworld 12 points 1 year ago

Yes it's a thing, and kids should and most likely will grow out of it, so long as there isn't a mental impairment or neurodiverse reason for it. They are looking for your approval and acknowledgment of their opinion, it is extremely important to them, no matter how trivial it is to us grown ups. Their narrow view of the world means you are their world.