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The Terrible Two's Not So Terrible After All

I don't know why my two year old acts like being two is so terrible. There are several times a week I'd be willing to
switch places with him.

Sure, I would have to sit in my own dirty diaper, but that temporary mess would far outweigh all the freedoms that
come with being two.

There are many benefits to being two:
Someone forces you to take a nap every day!
Someone is always willing to cuddle with you or hold your hand.
Your mispronunciations and ignorance come off as adorable.
You can leave a stink bomb wherever, whenever.
But most importantly, your rudeness is excused.

Two is that "sweet spot" in development when you have acquired a lot of will, yet you are still too young to be held
all that accountable for your own behavior. It's a time when you can act infuriating one minute, yet still seem
precious the next.

How often I'd love to run screaming from a room when someone I didn't care for too much entered. How liberating to
just spit out food I didn't like even if someone spent hours making it. How good it would feel to throw a fit because
I'm hungry or tired.

And then there's being able to say anything you are thinking….like when you see an older woman in the grocery store
at 9 AM on a weekday morning wearing a full-length fur coat, hair back in bun, and you think to yourself, "Is that
really necessary?" As a 2 year old, you can point, and laugh, and shout, "Look Mommy, a monkey!"

Oh my dear child, enjoy your freedom while you can. Delight in the daily naps, relish the lack of responsibility, savor
the nonexistence of a social filter. One day very soon, your freedoms of this age won't be considered so cute
anymore, and you'll realize the "terrible two's" weren't so terrible after all.