How Much Do You Respect Your Toddler?

1. UNPARALLELED ATHLETICISM. Ask yourself this: Can you stick your toes in your mouth and/or run back and forth across your living room floor for seven hours straight on nothing but dairy products and blueberries? CAN YOU? I didn’t think so. You know who can? Your nearest toddler.3. PATIENCE. This is truly one of the toddler’s hallmark traits. Toddlers are able to wait and wait and wait to get what they desire. They never get agitated or frustrated when asked to delay gratification. They are a veritable study in Buddhist doctrine.

2. APPETITE FOR KNOWLEDGE. Toddlers are voracious readers. Sometimes they are so voracious about it that they eat the pages of their books. Do you eat your books? And while we’re at it, when’s the last time you learned a new word? Any new word? It’s time for some introspection here. FACT: Your toddler may seem like a simpleton when he kisses the dishwasher, but he is learning more in one day than you have learned since 1997.

It never ceases to amaze me how much energy my little guy has. Even when I'm exhausted to the point of barely being able to keep my eyes open, he's still going and going… Yay for having a toddler that's like the Energizer bunny. Notice the sarcasm there?You can read the rest of her list on Scary Mommy. When you're done picking yourself up off the floor because you were laughing so hard, definitely leave us a comment and let us know why you respect toddlers.