tries to drop him off at nursery is going to pull out every trick in the book to make her take him to Relief Society. Or home.
And the sweet angel who grits her teeth, looks her father in the eye, and drops her spoon full of carrots over the side of her highchair? She knows exactly what she's doing.
It's a battle. And if you go into it with one hand tied behind your back because you feel sorry for them, you're just exhibit number one that they are expert manipulators.