Don’t be too hard on yourselves as parents. Many kids go through this stage, and it can happen at different ages. In many ways, you’re living through one of the most stressful of times — a pandemic with a little boy who just wants to know when he can live like a kid again. I can really empathize with how he must feel. So many things that kids usually get to experience at this point, like being on the playground, playing games, running around with all your friends, that he just doesn’t have access to these days. It makes me grouchy just thinking about it. Keep doing what you’re doing, setting appropriate boundaries, and have faith that he will feel less stress when he can just be a kid with other kids, playing and jumping and not having to obey all these hard quarantine rules. You got this, mamas. Your kid is gonna grow up to be a very wonderful human.