I thought I'd begin this post on having a challenging kid by writing something along the lines of, "Hey, mother/father/caregiving grandparent/au pair of the screaming, kicky kid in playgroup, you know who you are!"
The truth is that my own child certainly has his challenging moments
and I imagine I am not alone in wondering if I am indeed doing the best
I can or if I am caught in a stall of the Costco bathroom with a
tantruming toddler in a strange karmic repayment for sneaking
boyfriends in my bedroom window or "misplacing" so many library books.
Sure, my boy's 90% honey but there's also that 10%
day-past-sell-by-date milk part of him that I admittedly don't talk
about very often. I'm not always so good with what to do with milk
that's pushed past its sell-by date. Throw it out? Just deal with it
despite the hint of sourness? Pretend it's absolutely fine, thank you
very much?
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