it all the time without any concerns at all! they shake their heads or throw a tantrum or very simply just say ‘no’ and that is the end of that. they don’t find themselves doing something that they don’t want to do, they just refuse and carry on with what they do want to do. how nice that would be!
at some point between being a small person and becoming a big person the word ‘no’ becomes harder and harder to say. i wonder if this is because the word itself actually seems to be linked with rejection and not being allowed to do something. for example ‘no! don’t do that’, 