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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Maybe acknowledge what he’s said before it gets to that point. 4 year olds aren’t quite at the stage yet where they think to jump gears to “hey, a-hole, quit ignoring me—I’m trying to have a conversation with you here.”

I’ve found that, generally speaking, the way we talk to our 4 year olds is the best preview to how our 14 year olds will talk to us.