Help, my son is a picky dresser!

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My daily routine goes like this; prepare my daughter for school and put her in the bus, wake up my son, and then fight for an hour with him over what shirt he is going to wear. Ghrrr, he went from a picky eater to a picky dresser. He has one Fireman Sam shirt and he wants to wear it daily. He has many other nice shirts but he refuses to wear any. How do I show him, I am in charge? How do I convince him to wear what I want him to wear?

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Tell him how "this shirt would look better on him" More
Published: 10 years, 1 month(s) ago by Nemo | permalink
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Sometimes kids need that extra boost, you need to show some excitement "wow, look at this shirt, this shirt would look so much better on you... or should I give it to ... (insert his friends name)" this usually works like a charm for me.

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Let him think he has a choice More
Published: 10 years ago by shanta newby | permalink
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The best way to deal with this is to get shirts for your son yourself, like, at least 4 shirts and show him two at a time and ask him which one he wants to wear to school and which one he wants to wear at home. Have him choose two shirts for school (out of the 4 YOU selected) and two for home. This way he will think he has chosen them and will be willing to wear them.

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Tell him to pick a shirt the night before More
Published: 10 years ago by Cindy Dottaviano | permalink
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Instead of having to fight in the morning everyday, ask your son to pick a shirt the night before school so that he has no issues with it in the morning. Just put out 3 shirts in front of him at night and ask him to choose.

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Tell him his favorite shirt will wear off sooner if he uses it everyday More
Published: 10 years ago by Maria Alivesi | permalink
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Since he wants to wear his favorite shirt everyday, you can tell him that using it like that will wear it out sooner. If he really wants to keep wearing it he will be more particular about it and won't insist that you give it to him everyday.

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