I had a very similar situation with a child the same age. He was with me 2 days a week and with mom the other days. I seriously jumped through hoops for this kid and nothing changed. When I started to ignore him and said “well your mommy wants you here so you sill have to get used to it” things got better. For this kid is seemed to be related to anxiety and attention seeking behaviour because he did not know how to play and needed direction all the time. I started directing him on what to do and that also helped.

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