No one, including adults, likes to stop in the middle of having fun. Especially when we have to leave, or stop, an activity we like, to transition to an activity that is not as much fun! Kids, not surprisingly, feel the same way. When faced with being asked to transition from a “preferred” to a “non-preferred” situation, many children don’t yet have the maturity, or skill set, to be able to handle the disappointment of stopping something they are engaged in. That is why setting a time expectation for the activity, and then giving them an opportunity to transition away from it, is so important.
