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Early in my parenting journey, among the numerous cliches and unsolicited advice I would receive because dads for some reason are seen as the lovable oafs of families incapable of even the most basic shit, were always a bunch of Ninas<\/a> parroting stating caution for, The Terrible Twos\u2122 where presumably toddlers at the age of two become some sort of nightmare children, where parenting takes a rampant difficulty spike and makes us want to blow our brains out.<\/span><\/p>\n Sure, I\u2019m sure if I go back into my brog\u2019s archives there are all sorts of dad brog posts between 2022 and 2023 where I probably hated what my life was being at that time, but in the grand spectrum of things, year two for both my kids weren\u2019t any harder or worse than life\u2019s ordinary challenges at those times.<\/span><\/p>\n The terrible twos can be for terrible parents, because they weren\u2019t really a big deal in my household.<\/span><\/p>\n However, nobody once heeded me any sort of warning for the Terrible Sixes, because throughout the duration of year six for my elder child, holy poop has she become an insufferable little shit at time, full of melodrama, exaggeration, but mostly an endless amount of complaining about damn near everything.<\/span><\/p>\n Mostly boredom, which I\u2019ve always believed to be the primary obstacle in harmonious living for children.\u00a0 But it doesn\u2019t matter that we have multiple regions of my entire home that look like a Toys R\u2019 Us was resurrected and then imploded, plus all the crap they have in their bedrooms, my kids have the audacity to claim that they\u2019re bored at almost any time in which they are not being actively played with.<\/span><\/p>\n I love playing with my kids, but I\u2019m a sensible person who occasionally likes to have moments where I can pretend like I\u2019m not a dad and can sit and stare at nothing, or look at one of the numerous memes and texts sent to me by a friend or my brother, like any other adult of our times.<\/span><\/p>\n But recently, in one of her self-agonizing bouts of boredom, #1 was going on and on about what she wanted that would undoubtedly succeeding at defeating her boredom, and I simply asked her, what about what I want<\/em>?\u00a0 Her response?<\/span><\/p>\n it doesn\u2019t matter what you want, dad\u2026<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Okay.\u00a0 I just got The Rock\u2019d by my own kid<\/a>.\u00a0 Needless to say, nobody found it more entertaining than I did, and I laughed heartily for nearly three straight minutes, at my kid saying such a dick thing to me, all because of the way it was said.<\/span><\/p>\n Needless to say, she didn\u2019t get what she wanted, and I didn\u2019t cave, but nor did I really get to chill out, and probably looked at my watch and wondered what the fuck I could do as a parent to try and find some sort of push\/win-win scenario where we can pass the time without too much trouble.<\/span><\/p>\n Either way, the point remains that year six has proven to be what I imagine what other shittier parents think they have when dealing with the Terrible Twos.\u00a0 The difference is that six-year olds are more developed, cognizant and aware, know more vocabulary and can speak their tantrums into existence, which mine is, frequently, versus a tiny two who\u2019s still learning the endless depth to what the world has to offer.<\/span><\/p>\n This is why I always scoff, roll my eyes, and laugh at anyone out there without kids who thinks at all that their lives are difficult.\u00a0 Y\u2019all MFers just won\u2019t get it; 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![bunch of Ninas<\/a> parroting stating caution for, The Terrible Twos\u2122 where presumably toddlers at the age of two become some sort of nightmare children, where parenting takes a rampant difficulty spike and makes us want to blow our brains out.<\/span><\/p>\nSure, I\u2019m sure if I go back into my brog\u2019s archives there are all sorts of dad brog posts between 2022 and 2023 where I probably hated what my life was being at that time, but in the grand spectrum of things, year two for both my kids weren\u2019t any harder or worse than life\u2019s ordinary challenges at those times.<\/span><\/p>\nThe terrible twos can be for terrible parents, because they weren\u2019t really a big deal in my household.<\/span><\/p>\nHowever, nobody once heeded me any sort of warning for the Terrible Sixes, because throughout the duration of year six for my elder child, holy poop has she become an insufferable little shit at time, full of melodrama, exaggeration, but mostly an endless amount of complaining about damn near everything.<\/span><\/p>\nMostly boredom, which I\u2019ve always believed to be the primary obstacle in harmonious living for children.\u00a0 But it doesn\u2019t matter that we have multiple regions of my entire home that look like a Toys R\u2019 Us was resurrected and then imploded, plus all the crap they have in their bedrooms, my kids have the audacity to claim that they\u2019re bored at almost any time in which they are not being actively played with.<\/span><\/p>\nI love playing with my kids, but I\u2019m a sensible person who occasionally likes to have moments where I can pretend like I\u2019m not a dad and can sit and stare at nothing, or look at one of the numerous memes and texts sent to me by a friend or my brother, like any other adult of our times.<\/span><\/p>\nBut recently, in one of her self-agonizing bouts of boredom, #1 was going on and on about what she wanted that would undoubtedly succeeding at defeating her boredom, and I simply asked her, what about what I want<\/em>?\u00a0 Her response?<\/span><\/p>\nit doesn\u2019t matter what you want, dad\u2026<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\nOkay.\u00a0 I just got The Rock\u2019d by my own kid<\/a>.\u00a0 Needless to say, nobody found it more entertaining than I did, and I laughed heartily for nearly three straight minutes, at my kid saying such a dick thing to me, all because of the way it was said.<\/span><\/p>\nNeedless to say, she didn\u2019t get what she wanted, and I didn\u2019t cave, but nor did I really get to chill out, and probably looked at my watch and wondered what the fuck I could do as a parent to try and find some sort of push\/win-win scenario where we can pass the time without too much trouble.<\/span><\/p>\nEither way, the point remains that year six has proven to be what I imagine what other shittier parents think they have when dealing with the Terrible Twos.\u00a0 The difference is that six-year olds are more developed, cognizant and aware, know more vocabulary and can speak their tantrums into existence, which mine is, frequently, versus a tiny two who\u2019s still learning the endless depth to what the world has to offer.<\/span><\/p>\nThis is why I always scoff, roll my eyes, and laugh at anyone out there without kids who thinks at all that their lives are difficult.\u00a0 Y\u2019all MFers just won\u2019t get it; 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