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it when you take my toys. You always grab and I say,
‘No! No!’ But when you say ‘please’ I am HAPPY!”
Giraffe (Mom in giraffe voice): “Oopsie! I mean
pleeeease can I play with the ball?”
Dog (Mom in doggie voice): “You said ‘please’! YEA!
I like it when you say ‘please’.… Okay, here it is. Can
I play with one of your toys too? Please.”
• Use gossiping: Have the dolls whisper back and forth (loud
enough for your child to “overhear”). Make them talk about the
behaviors that you want to encourage or discourage. (“Hey, Mr.
Teddy, did you see Mommy’s face when Marley picked up her toys as
quick as a bunny? Mommy was really happy and smiled big … like
this!”)
Don’t look at your child while you gossip; it may make her

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suspicious that you are trying to manipulate her. Even though
gossiping is done in a whisper, kids get the message loud and
clear through the wide-open “side door” of their minds.
• Make a doll act like a boob. It’s easy to teach your lesson—and
entertain your tot at the same time—if you have his doll act like
a boob (confused, weak, silly, wrong, etc.).
“Hi! I’m Mr. Teddy, and I’m the smartest bear in the
whole, entire, big, huge world! And I can walk in the
street anytime I want!” Then have him pretend to
walk in the street and have a little toy car screech out
and knock him down.
Here’s how one dad used a minute of role-playing to teach his two-and-
a-half-year-old the importance of hand washing—and prevent thirty
minutes of struggle:
“One day before lunch, Jack and I were engaged in our
usual battle over hand washing and I suddenly got the