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From: mark@umcp-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: terrible twos reference wanted
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Date: Sat, 3-Dec-83 19:51:06 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec  3 19:51:06 1983
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The terrible 2's are not.  Our second is 2.5 right now, and what is
happening during the terrible 2's is that for the first time
your child, who all along has been having opinions and thinking about
the world, finally starts expressing their independent personhood.

My experience (both with my own children and as an occasional day care
worker) is that what makes the 2's terrible is the same thing that makes
the teens terrible.  The parents are still seeing a little baby
when there is actually a person emerging.  Give your child a little
space to be themselves and the 2's are fine.

I formed this opinion on my own, but later discovered a reference for
it: Dr. Spock!

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