If you’ve ever accidentally given your toddler the blue spoon instead of the green spoon — or, god forbid, the wrong cup — then you are familiar with the epic meltdown that will soon follow. And if your toddler can’t decide which dish (or shirt or toy or blanket, etc.) they want, then prepare for even more chaos. And don’t try to help them pick — you will absolutely regret it. Toddlers are fickle, indecisive creatures, and sometimes parents have to pull from every source of strength they can to stay calm and patient while their little one works out what they want. Which is not always (almost never) what we would choose for them.
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Drew Scott highlighted this toddler struggle perfectly in his latest photo with 22-month-old son Parker, who he shares with his pregnant wife Linda Phan. The toddler was apparently feeling super indecisive about what toy car he wanted to ride in, so he decided he wanted both!
Eight-Wheelin?
“Look out Van Damme, you’ve got competition,” the Property Brothers host captioned the adorable photo. His little daredevil is sitting in the middle of two toy cars, with one leg in each car. Parker has one hand on each steering wheel and is perfectly balanced as he looks straight ahead and waits for someone to push him. He’s eight-wheelin, and he looks totally confident doing it!
Parker looks just like Van Damme in that famous 2013 Volvo commercial, where he does the splits on two moving trucks, and it’s adorable.
If only all our decisions could be answered with simply choosing both!
“I mean why even make decisions? I shall use this in life from now on,” one person commented. Someone else said, “wow already reckless without fear 😍.”
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“He’s trying to decide which one he’ll use, which one his new sibling gets. It’ll be fun to see him with a sibling,” another person commented.
Screen Time
Last week, the Celebrity IOU star shared a video that sparked major backlash about his parenting style. “iPad addiction … it’s a real thing 😩,” he captioned a video where he recreated a scene between him and Parker. In it, Scott-as-Parker laughs at something on a phone, then Scott-as-Scott takes it away, leading to crocodile tears from “Parker.” He hands it back and the crying immediately stops. Relatable, right? I know this exact situation happens with me and my boys all the time!
Yet, many people decided to judge him for letting his son have screen time. “Your kid has no business being on an iPad at his age,” one person said. Another wrote, “Yep, I’d say the addiction is more of parents taking the easy, lazy way out of parenting by giving kids technology that babysits kids.” Geez! Let parents live, OK?
And anyway, Parker is clearly watching some high-quality screen time if he is copying Van Damme during his playtime!
Before you go, check out all the times Drew Scott and Linda Phan gave a glimpse into life with their son, Parker.
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