What is Up With Toddlers?
b'Have you a short fat dictator in your home? Do you cower before a 24-pound child demanding pizza\\u2013 no, not THAT kind of pizza! the other kind, the kind she likes NOW, which apparently has neither sauce nor cheese?\\n\\xa0What is *UP* with toddlers?\\n\\xa0In this episode we discuss\\n\\xa0\\n\\xa0* why toddlers\\u2019 tantrums may have, at least at one time, been biologically necessary\\n\\xa0why taking your toddler\\u2019s french toast sticks away makes him feel like he\\u2019s suddenly swimming alone in open ocean\\n\\xa0how expecting a toddler to be \\u201cmagically cute\\u201d is extremely problematic\\n\\xa0why, if you really must ice-skate with a toddler, you must always, always take your own skates off first\\n\\xa0\\n\\xa0And here\\u2019s links to some fascinating research, helpful tips, and funny toddler stuff we reference:\\n\\xa0Kate Gammon for Popular Science: Birth Of Memory: Why Kids Forget What Happened Before Age 7\\nPatrick Sauer for Fatherly: What\\u2019s Going On Inside A Toddler\\u2019s Brain, According To Science\\nAlison Gopnik\\u2019s TED talk: What Do Babies Think? \\nMo Willems and his perfect description of how a toddler goes \\u201cboneless\\u201d\\nToddlerography with James Corden and Jennifer Lopez\\n\\u2026and from England\\u2019s First Steps Research, a study indicating that a toddler\\u2019s daily caloric output is the equivalent of going 83 rounds in a boxing ring.\\n\\nThis episode also features our interview with Heather Spohr, co-author of the new book The Toddler Survival Guide: Complete Protection From the Whiny Unfed. Spohr\\u2019s book is hilarious *and* has practical advice (our favorite combo) for surviving the inevitable onslaught of the Toddler Apocalypse in your own household. Take heart, and plan ahead.\\n\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'