threenager
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threenager (plural threenagers)
- A rebellious and strong-willed three-year-old.
- 2016 August 17, Lindsey M. Roberts, “Navigating the choppy waters of life with a ‘threenager’”, in Washington Post:
- All of these are simply weapons in the battle with threenagers — not for control over clothing choices but for our children’s character and soul and the adults they will become.
- 2018, Jim Florentine, Everybody Is Awful: (Except You!), →ISBN:
- There is something disgusting about pretending your child is older than his actual age. Your toddler isn't a teen or a fucking threenager.
- 2018, Justin Coulson, 10 Things Every Parent Needs to Know, →ISBN:
- It was my inability to deal with my firstborn behaving like a 'threenager' that led to me quitting a successful career as a radio announcer and going to university for nearly a decade to learn how to dad better.
- 2018, Jamie Sumner, Unbound: Finding Freedom from Unrealistic Expectations of Motherhood, →ISBN:
- Whatever motherhood might look like for you through pregnancy, surrogacy, fostering, adopting, or mentoring, through infancy, toddlerhood, threenagers, and teenagers, it is all a process of letting go.