Sometimes, living with a preschooler feels a bit like living with a sulky teen-ager. Zoe has slammed her bedroom door in anger once or twice, and she has been known to say (though, luckily, only on rare occasions), “You’re not my friend” and “I don’t like you.” And just this morning, this happened: We were driving to school and I noticed she wasn’t quite herself. “It’s okay to be grumpy sometimes,” I told her. “We all have bad mornings.” Through the rear-view mirror I saw a furrowed brow – and then Zoe snapped, “I’m not grumpy. I’m mad.” “Oh – what are you mad at?” I asked her, only to have her respond “I’m mad at you.” I’m not exactly sure why she was angry – she never did say, and she was back to her normal, happy self by the time we got to school -but I’m sure this won’t be the last time I’ll hear those words from her!

-M

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