I have a twenty-month-old baby [girl], [and] a sixteen-year-old boy- same maturity level.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- She humorously compares the maturity levels of her young daughter and teenage son.
- In plain terms
- She jokes that her baby daughter and teenager son are at the same maturity level.
- What can you take from it?
- Parenting often feels like raising similar levels of maturity.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you handle parenting challenges?
- Are all children similar?
Another view
Humor may downplay real developmental differences.
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