The five-second wait

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A toddler becoming a problem-solver needs a problem left standing long enough to solve. The hardest part is not theirs — it is the few seconds of watching before stepping in, and those seconds are where almost all the solving happens.

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Source: ZeroToThreeFrom Baby to Big Kid: Month 21

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The five-second wait

Notice the next small stuck moment

A shoe the wrong way round, a lid that will not go on, a toy behind a chair leg. They happen a dozen times a day.