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Cops Burst Into This Mother’s Bedroom After They Find Her Child Cold, Alone And Screaming In The Front Yard
The term “terrible twos” has been used to describe the rapid shifts in a child’s mood and behaviors — and the difficulty of dealing with them. One minute they might be clinging to you, and the next he or she is running in the opposite direction without looking back.
While these changes are a normal part of child development (two-year-olds undergo major motor, intellectual, social, and emotional changes), they can be very challenging to deal with.
Mother and TikTok user @mustangashley9 got to experience it firsthand. In one of her recent videos, she described the time when her youngest kid decided to “explore” the world on his own. In the middle of the night.
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In her now-viral TikTok video, this woman described the craziest thing that has happened to her as a mom
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And it all started on a seemingly usual night, after she put her kids to bed
Her sleep was suddenly interrupted by police officers
Image credits: Nothing Ahead (not the actual photo)
They informed the mother that they had found her 2-year-old outside
Image credits: cottonbro studio (not the actual photo)
Of course, it doesn’t mean that your own baby is going to wreak havoc during this period of their lives. No two kids are the same. “Some parents receive much harder assignments than others,” Perri Klass, M.D. and the co-author of Quirky Kids, said.
But “if you have a child with a more challenging temperament, the truth is that you may have less fun parenting on a day-to-day basis for some of your child’s life.”
It’s perfectly understandable that the woman behind this video, you, or anyone else who has a difficult-to-manage-kid feels frustrated that they demand more attention than all the other little ones you see on the playground. Or to be upset that your parenting is being unfairly judged by strangers and family alike.
The woman is still processing the scary experience
@mustangashley9Horror story of the year! Childproof your life people cause toddlers are savage♬ original sound – Mustangashley9
Science agrees that moms and dads have different “workloads.” Take research by Harvard University psychologist Jerome Kagan, Ph.D., for instance.
Kagan discovered that 40% of babies have a calm disposition (they’re not overly ruffled by stimuli like light or noise), and years later, these kids remain chill. However, about 15% to 20% of babies are born with a more “reactive” temperament, and they’re what people might politely call a “handful.”
During Kagan’s study, these babies recoiled from lights and noise and were hard to soothe. His findings also suggest that an infant’s temperament at birth is a good predictor of a child’s behavior in adolescence.
But keep in mind that if you have a “difficult” baby, that doesn’t necessarily mean they and you are destined for hard times. Whether nature or nurture plays a bigger role in personality and development is one of the oldest debates in psychology.
Hopefully, the creator of this TikTok will find peace in the future as well. The concern you see in her face as she recalls the story is a clear sign that she’s a caring parent.
But people have been saying that it’s not her fault, highlighting that toddlers are true escape artists
What do you think ?
Kiwii Stone 2 years ago
I never got out of the house but I did go downstairs, set up the fireplace and accidentally set fire to myself at 18 months. I got the matches down from the mantelpiece which was about a meter high. So regardless of how out of reach things are (like door handles), where there's a will, there's a way. It doesn't mean you're a bad parent, you just have a determined child!
over it already 2 years ago
How awful for everyone involved! I'm glad you're still here to tell the story!
Load More Replies... Anon822209 2 years ago
This kind of thing isn't all that uncommon. Had an acquaintance tell me about the time her 3yo walked to her MIL's house across the street at 3am. She didn't know he was gone until MIL called. And that is why my anxious self put a chain lock on my front door. Not to keep folks out. To keep my boy in.
A Jones 2 years ago
That's scary. But yeah little kids are like masters of escape and climbing. Since they're not weighed down with weight/gravity like adults are they can climb anywhere with a lot of ease. I remember doing such as a young kid to find hidden snacks. Hide your stuff well in lock boxes and use child-proof locks (combo locks, don't use keys). Especially flammable dangerous stuff!
DumYum 2 years ago
And guns. My best friend almost shot herself at about 2/3 years old when she found her uncle’s gun. She distinctly remembers pointing it at her face trying to push the trigger. Luckily, when it went off the bullet hit the ceiling mounding and not her head.
Load More Replies... Kiwii Stone 2 years ago
I never got out of the house but I did go downstairs, set up the fireplace and accidentally set fire to myself at 18 months. I got the matches down from the mantelpiece which was about a meter high. So regardless of how out of reach things are (like door handles), where there's a will, there's a way. It doesn't mean you're a bad parent, you just have a determined child!
over it already 2 years ago
How awful for everyone involved! I'm glad you're still here to tell the story!
Load More Replies... Anon822209 2 years ago
This kind of thing isn't all that uncommon. Had an acquaintance tell me about the time her 3yo walked to her MIL's house across the street at 3am. She didn't know he was gone until MIL called. And that is why my anxious self put a chain lock on my front door. Not to keep folks out. To keep my boy in.
A Jones 2 years ago
That's scary. But yeah little kids are like masters of escape and climbing. Since they're not weighed down with weight/gravity like adults are they can climb anywhere with a lot of ease. I remember doing such as a young kid to find hidden snacks. Hide your stuff well in lock boxes and use child-proof locks (combo locks, don't use keys). Especially flammable dangerous stuff!
DumYum 2 years ago
And guns. My best friend almost shot herself at about 2/3 years old when she found her uncle’s gun. She distinctly remembers pointing it at her face trying to push the trigger. Luckily, when it went off the bullet hit the ceiling mounding and not her head.
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