Originally Posted by childcaremom:
Ha, I do the same trick. My kids love being able to do this themselves.
I have an almost 4 year old who is still working on zippers. He is very easily frustrated but I always make him try to do it before I will help him.
Yup, that's my rule too. You have to at least try. My 4 year old still struggles with some zippers and buttons but as long as he's trying (without throwing a fit lol) I'm happy.