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Hey, it's Mariel.

Welcome, weary travelers.

If you've tuned into this episode, you have likely journeyed to the mysterious and often

maddening realm known as toddlerhood.

Watch your step.

The terrain is rocky here, and the view is a little strange, with buildings

made of Legos and covered in finger paint, and a boisterous, wildly unpredictable population fueled

by apple juice and mini muffins. For us extraterrestrial adults, the laws of this loud and colorful

land can often seem entirely illogical.

The rules of ownership are really different when I'm two and three, because the rules go,

if it's mine, it's mine. If it's yours and I want it, it's also mine.

If I had it yesterday and you have it now and I want it, it's mine.

This is pediatric psychologist Roger Harrison at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

He knows how to speak toddler.

Roger says one of the fundamental things to understand about this moment is that it's as new and as

bewildering for the child as it is for you.

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