My turn to pick it apart. I have three daughters, ages 30 months, 8yrs, and 17yrs...the approximate ages of the girls in the article. I have my own take on it, based on what I've seen in my own girls (and my friends' girls).
Jordyn and mommy Margie: Daughters, especially
young ones, are notorious for wanting to copy mommy. They also like to do things
with you. Try buying her a tube of chapstick so she
can do what you are doing. For a 3 year old, the makeup is a plaything When toddlers do not get what they want, they sometimes...anyone?...throw fits and use the words that they think they will get their way. When they don't get their way, they say things that they know will upset you. If Jordyn got the reaction she wanted each time she yelled "the sky is blue" she would be yelling that instead. Mine yells "diddle diddle diddle diddle" like an alarm going off. This does not mean (I hope
) that she has a complex. As for picking out the clothes to wear, toddlers try to find what they have control over in their lives.
Well, shoot, it's time for me to go to work. I'll have more fun with this later.