Around the age of two – sometimes a little before, sometimes a little after, and sometimes you’ll fall through the cracks – comes a stage that parents know well. It’s often called the two-year crisis, the Terrible 2, or the opposition phase.
These terms often convey the difficulty we parents feel:
💢 the screams,
💢 the tantrums,
💢 sometimes even blows,
💢 and above all that little one who wants to do everything on his own.
It’s true that it takes time and patience, and that it comes at us hard in our role as parents.
How about a change of perspective?
Chatting with a Graines de Vie mom, another vision emerged:
👉 “Me, I call it the autonomy phase.”
And wow, when you put it like that, it changes everything. Because in reality, that’s what it’s all about:
🌱 Your child isn’t opposing you, he’s simply asserting his right to exist on his own.
🌱 He’s trying himself out, experimenting, taking his place.
🌱 Behind every cry or opposition, there’s above all an immense desire to grow.
So, rather than seeing a crisis, we can choose to see a stage of development. And it profoundly changes the way we experience it, even if it’s not always easy on a day-to-day basis.
Why don’t we discuss it together?
At Graines de Vie, we’re thinking about reintroducing meetings around these milestones, which are so important for our 2-5 year-olds. A place to share and share your difficulties, but also to find the keys to feeling less alone.
👉 If you’re interested in taking part, drop us a line! We’d love to organize this again, regularly or even just once in a while. We just need to know if there would be a crowd. 🌟
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💬 And you, how do you experience this stage with your child? Do you see it as a crisis… or as autonomy asserting itself?