Why is it that a healthy and active adult in the prime of her life has trouble keeping up with a knee-high, relatively weak, fractionally matured, 3-year-old child?
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Why is it that a healthy and active adult in the prime of her life has trouble keeping up with a knee-high, relatively weak, fractionally matured, 3-year-old child?
Simple, they haven’t been exhausted by running though the shidduch system yet.
Because children are evil, this is so obvious. That and their main skill is driving adults crazy.
They have a boundless supply of energy. The way I see it, we are all born with a definite amount of energy, and as we get older, we use it up. These little ones haven’t used it up yet.
Plus, their heads aren’t full with other things- so they can use that wonderful brain of theirs to make mischief.
Why 3 year olds specifically? My 1 year old exhausts me!
I think they also have a better weight/power ratio than adults.
Comment #1 -so true!
Three year olds are only on the first level of Maslow’s Pyramid. As we get older we have to begin climbing- against gravity.That’s hard work…which never killed anyone yet can make you exhausted! Add a three year old…and you get nowhere fast 🙂
They get enough sleep. Therefore, they are way more awake and energized than the rest of us. I think part of the initiation into adulthood is sleep deprivation.
nmf#7, I hope you’re wrong, because that means active people use up their energy much faster…
Maybe the weight/power ratio thing makes sense. They’re certainly more compact.
REDT – the psych major strikes again! 😀
Erachet – that’s a good point. I was hoping to play “nap time” but he got bored up that much faster than I did.
In my babysitting experience, I’m winded until the day before they go home, because by then I’ve established a schedule and adjusted to their wants and needs.
I just want to point out that bad4 was left alone with said child for under 15 minutes…
I would like to point out that it is power to weight ratio.
random question: why do so few people visit my blog and why do even fewer comment? It’s really exhausting writing with zero feeedback. Almost as exhausting as caring for a three year old.