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Hi, this is Janet Lansbury and welcome to Unruffled.

In this episode, I'm replying to a mom who left a comment on one of my articles on my

website.

It's called, when children can't do it and how to help.

And she asked about her four-year-old who's been pretending to be confused and helpless

when it's time to leave for preschool in the morning.

And this mom is wondering how to respond.

Before I begin, I want to remind everyone that both of my books are available in audio

at audible.com and also in paperback on Amazon and an ebook at Amazon, Barnes and Noble

and Apple.com.

That's No Bad Kids, toddler discipline without shame and elevating child care a guide to

respectful parenting.

My daughter Juliet has just turned four.

She is on the whole very helpful and caring and generally as independent as you would expect

for her age, I think.

However, some mornings she seems to wake up with a bee in her bonnet for lack of a better

term.

Everything seems to be wrong and too hard.

This morning, for example, she decided she couldn't dress herself.

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