Expert says theres a specific reason why toddlers love to say the word no

Most moms go above and beyond for their kids — but do the little tots actually appreciate it? Doesn’t seem like it.A Florida mom pulled off a toddler-level miracle — shifting meetings and racing the nap clock for a fun day out — only to get a surprisingly deadpan review from her tiny critic.“Did you have fun?” Samantha Afran asked her 21-month-old son, Ezra, after their trip to the children’s museum, as seen in a TikTok video uploaded last week. Afran (@sammy.in.miami), a part-time content creator and work-from-home marketing pro, garnered attention on social media with the clip — with commenters pointing out that even pint-sized museumgoers have opinions.In the attention-grabbing video, the mom walked with her child in her arms in a parking lot with white text over the clip reading, “POV: You arranged your entire day to take your toddler to that place they’ve been begging to go.”In her caption, Afran quipped, “My bad for catering to your every whim.”Viewers chimed in with similar stories of their own children in the comments section. “Literally, my daughter,” one wrote as another added, “Spent two hours at the children’s museum and I asked my 4 year old this when we got back in the car.He said, ‘Fun doing what?’”An additional user joked, “His little ‘no’ even tho he KNOWS he had so much fun.” One other replied, “This is my toddler about everything ” with laugh-cry emojis.“My toddler says no to everything.

‘did u have a good day?’ no.do u love mama? no.

do u like the chips ur currently eating?’ “no” ok budBefore parents bond over having hard-to-please toddlers — there’s a reason why toddlers love the two-letter word.Deborah Gilboa, a family doctor and resilience expert, weighed in, telling Today.com that toddlers “don’t have the same sense of time that adults do.”This means that “they don’t look backward — they’re very existential, Zen-like little creatures.”Rather than zen mean...