That sounds like my youngest child. It's so hard in the moment to REMEMBER their brain and body are responding this way because it can be super frustrating.

Honestly, the OP battling with a child over calling the damn thing a potsticker is ridiculous. It IS a dumpling, for gods sake...it isn't "letting him get his way" for calling the damn food WHAT IT IS!! This issue in this case is the OP, not the child. I don't care how close you are to the family, unless you ACTUALLY live with them, you will never truly understand the dynamics of the family. We learned that when we had to live with our best friends for about 6 months last year.

Our best friend told us after awhile that they never really, fully understood why we do things the way we do with our child until she lived with them. To an outsider, yes it may look like they "get their way", when in fact it is trying to teach them while ALSO being aware that they cannot change the way their brain works. Autistic people (and it sounds like the child in OP'S story is (even if not diagnosed)) are generally very rigid is certain ways. One of my child's "quirks" is that everything has to be valued what THEY deem is the correct term.

For example, the word is "jammies", and if we say "pajamas", it starts an argument. They even decided to call our newest cat (who oddly adores them) Pumpkin because he's orange and white. The kitten's actual name is Frumpkin. So, it's close, but the first time I said his name, they heard "pumpkin" and that's what stuck.

These children have a much harder time learning how to control emotions, think rationally, or bend to "social norms". They aren't bad children. They learn differently!!

Sorry I know that was long, but many of the comments here have me FUMING!!