Don't you want your mini you running around?
No, I don't. I don't want anybody running around my house, I don't care if it's my kids, somebody else's, old or young. Do not run around in my home. Imagine coming back from a long day's work and all you want to do is eat, sleep, or just unwind in complete silence before you do it all over again tomorrow, and all of a sudden, you hear this loud ear-breaking sound: the annoying thumping of a toddler. You tell them to stop and they stop, look at you for a second before going right back to running around the house again and they won't stop unless somebody decides to stop what they were doing (lying down, sleeping, cooking etc) and physically has them stop. It's Saturday today and all I want to do is relax but I can't even do that because there are currently two children running around screaming what's worse is that they never run out of energy and will continue to do this all day. "Why can't you teach them not to do it again?" They're a different kind, they don't listen at all, and I'm just tired. I'm not their mother and I'm so glad I can't imagine dealing with this for 18 years or at least past the toddler phase.