In a Boston Globe column, writer (and mother of five) Lylah Alphonse reflected on the similarities between parenting toddlers and raising teens:
Teenagers and toddlers have a lot in common. Both need to be reminded to "use your words." Both get mad at you for not being able to read their minds. Both can be exasperating.
And while a toddler thrashes around on the floor when she’s furious and a teenager stomps to her room and slams the door, the bottom line is that there’s quite a bit of overlap between the Terrible Twos and the Terrible Teens.
We have five kids, ranging in age from 2 to 15, which actually provides a little bit of balance: The ego-bruising effect of a teenager who thinks you can’t do anything right is mitigated, in part, by the adoration of a toddler who thinks you can’t do anything wrong.
Labels: teens, infants, parenting
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