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4yo repeats something endlessly (lemmy.world)

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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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[–] Firipu@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

It's totally normal behaviour. All kids do it.

Don't ignore your kid. It's such a simple situation.

Just respond to them. A little yes or no is enough. They don't need your full attention. They just need confirmation you are listening to them. It doesn't matter if you actually did or not. Just pretend to and answer with generic answers: "really?" "did you now?" "that's awesome"

If you don't, they'll either keep going, or eventually you'll strain your relationship with them. Pretty basic stuff really.