me: Please do not help [2yo] open the door 5yo: But he can’t do it me: He believes that he can. In this house we abide by Montessori’s maxim of never helping a child with a task that he believes that he can do himself 5yo: But he’s wrong 5yo: That rule is silly

me: When we help you do something you think you can do, you get angry with us 5yo: That’s not true daddy me: *gives seven thousand examples* 5yo: