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me: We’re putting a lock on your door for when you have trouble staying in your room after bed. 3yo: Ok! > next morning me: *forcibly breaks out of our bedroom* me: Did you put this on our door?? 3yo: Yes. It’s only for if you’re having trouble staying in your room at night. https://t.co/cPmC0L6lJx
If you’re agency-centric enough to install the lock with your child step by step, show her how it works, and align on the rationale—but structure-friendly enough to be willing to install the lock in the first place—you might find yourself in some unusual parenting spots.
I don’t think it is. And that I know this will be the reaction of many of my followers was part of my motivation for posting this: (a) to show that I disagree and (b) to give you this charming story to use against me. https://t.co/N1QK8f4L1W