My neighbors have a 4yo and 2yo. I am SO glad we are past that stage right now. There’s no way I could WAH when they were that age.

MY kids are 8 and 10 and it’s fine.

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Anonymous wrote:My 25 year old is the WORST! I have an 11 and 18 year old that are fine, taking it in stride, pitching in, cleaning up after themselves. She is whining and complaining because “all of her friends are out having fun and living their lives, and she gets to be this one stuck in the house and missing out.” OMG, the drama!

Ok but does she follow you into the bathroom? No? Then you’re better off than anyone with very young kids

You can train kids not to do that. Don’t be a wimp.

Anonymous wrote:My 25 year old is the WORST! I have an 11 and 18 year old that are fine, taking it in stride, pitching in, cleaning up after themselves. She is whining and complaining because “all of her friends are out having fun and living their lives, and she gets to be this one stuck in the house and missing out.” OMG, the drama!

Is she SN?

This is why.you need a fenced yard with toys out there.

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Anonymous wrote:For real: An 18 year old who is a freshman in college. He’s had a taste of freedom and independence. He’s legally an adult. Emotionally, he thinks he’s invincible, like every other 18 year old. And here we are having the strained conversation about bringing him home. He’s not happy about it on so many levels.

When he gets here, we’re going to have to deal with his crankiness as he tries to connect with friends.

I WISH I had a toddler. That would so much easier than navigating this.

Is he SN?

Ha. You sound like a newbie parent. Bless your heart.

Anonymous wrote:For real: An 18 year old who is a freshman in college. He’s had a taste of freedom and independence. He’s legally an adult. Emotionally, he thinks he’s invincible, like every other 18 year old. And here we are having the strained conversation about bringing him home. He’s not happy about it on so many levels.

When he gets here, we’re going to have to deal with his crankiness as he tries to connect with friends.

I WISH I had a toddler. That would so much easier than navigating this.

Is he SN?

Any kid with ADHD.

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Anonymous wrote:The combination of a newborn and toddler under 3 would be the absolute hardest, IMO.

That’s the hardest to care for at any time. But at that age kids are fine with just playing outside and doing stuff in the house so it’s not particularly harder during the current situation. Trying to entertain a 6 year old whenever everything is shut down and he can’t play with friends would be more difficult.

I've been a SAHM for quite awhile now. The newborn & 2 1/2 year old combo kicked my butt. A bored 6 year old is easy peasy by comparison. Bake cookies, play-doh, read stories. toys, go outside and kick a ball around in the back yard together, blow bubbles......6 year olds are a lot of fun actually.

For my kid's personality type and me working from home -- from dropping the nap to reading independently. At least with a napping kid, you can get a break mid-day. Unfortunately, she hasn't started reading independently.

Although now at 5 is better than it would have been at 3-4 in terms of independent play.

Since this will be the most time we've ever spent together since maternity leave, I hope that her desire to be right.next.to.me when I'm working will die down.

If they are under 5, two or more are much tougher than one, but I am a little envious of my friends whose kids have built in playmates.

A just-over-2-year old who pees in the potty and poops in his pants.

My 8 year old is temperamentally suites for this but he has some questions and fears that are hard to answer. He’s disappointed that his sport is canceled. So while he’s probably the ideal age for this it doesn’t exactly feel easy.

I have a 7, 5, 3 1/2, and 6 month old. So far, not too bad. I think the worst ages are under 3 and infant.

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Anonymous wrote:My 25 year old is the WORST! I have an 11 and 18 year old that are fine, taking it in stride, pitching in, cleaning up after themselves. She is whining and complaining because “all of her friends are out having fun and living their lives, and she gets to be this one stuck in the house and missing out.” OMG, the drama!

Ok but does she follow you into the bathroom? No? Then you’re better off than anyone with very young kids

Now that my kids are tweens and teens, I found “Being followed to the bathroom” no big deal comparing to what I have to worry about now

Anonymous wrote:For real: An 18 year old who is a freshman in college. He’s had a taste of freedom and independence. He’s legally an adult. Emotionally, he thinks he’s invincible, like every other 18 year old. And here we are having the strained conversation about bringing him home. He’s not happy about it on so many levels.

When he gets here, we’re going to have to deal with his crankiness as he tries to connect with friends.

I WISH I had a toddler. That would so much easier than navigating this.

This sounds like a pain.

Mine are 5, 7, 10 &11. It’s been okay so far, but I am going to have to figure out how to get their very different schoolwork done with them this upcoming week, around my (thankfully part time!) job. DH is an intensivist, so depending on how this all falls out, he may not be home much. I may just tweak their assignments so that they are on the same page with some things like science and social studies.

Pretty much the older the easier, except that 0-1 is in some ways easier than 1+.

Also agree personality is the biggest factor, especially after age 4, when it starts to get a little easier for most people.

My extroverted only child is 7, and MUCH MUCH easier than she would have been at any younger age, but also harder than an introverted 5-year-old, I think.