What Fresh Hell: Laughing In The Face Of Motherhood

Have you a short fat dictator in your home? Do you cower before a 24-pound child demanding pizza– no, not THAT kind of pizza! the other kind, the kind she likes NOW, which apparently has neither sauce nor cheese?  What is *UP* with toddlers?  In this episode we discuss    * why toddlers’ tantrums may have, at least at one time, been biologically necessary  why taking your toddler’s french toast sticks away makes him feel like he’s suddenly swimming alone in open ocean  how expecting a toddler to be “magically cute” is extremely problematic  why, if you really must ice-skate with a toddler, you must always, always take your own skates off first    And here’s links to some fascinating research, helpful tips, and funny toddler stuff we reference:  Kate Gammon for Popular Science: Birth Of Memory: Why Kids Forget What Happened Before Age 7 Patrick Sauer for Fatherly: What’s Going On Inside A Toddler’s Brain, According To Science Alison Gopnik’s TED talk: What Do Babies Think? Mo Willems and his perfect descripti