The frustration that means it is working

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Getting frustrated at not being able to do something alone is new, and it is a sign of ambition rather than of trouble: they now have a picture of what they meant to happen. Treating that frustration as information rather than as a problem is what keeps them trying.

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Source: ZeroToThree โ€” From Baby to Big Kid: Month 21

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The frustration that means it is working

Name the wanting, not the failing

"You wanted to do it yourself." That is what the noise is about, and hearing it named is often enough on its own.