One of my books on raising toddlers talks about the similarity between that age and adolescence: at both ages, the child is desperate for independence and chafes vigorously against the constraints imposed by parents while at the same time, he or she needs constant reassurance that they are there to offer guidance and love when needed. Which makes the relationship between child and parent especially ambivalent at these times.
We have both a toddler and an adolescent in the house...ambivalence squared. But we're soldiering on.
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