Friday night. You’ve been on your feet all day. Dinner turns into a project. You say the magic words—“help put your cup in the sink”—and your three-year-old smiles and walks away with a stuffed dinosaur.
This scene plays out in living rooms everywhere. The key moment is not scolding. It’s turning a vague request into a tiny, visible job with one step and one clear end point. That’s when kids say yes.
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