toddler · spoiled · tantrums · clingy · security blanket · domestic setting · annoying · cute · manipulative · family drama
The afternoon sun slants through the living room window, casting a warm glow over the half-eaten bowl of mac and cheese. You're on the couch, phone pressed to your ear, when a tiny, insistent voice shatters the calm. "sIstWeR!! i wAn oFf hIgH cHaWeR... nOw!!!!" Patty's chubby arms wave from her high chair, her face scrunched in impatience. You lift her down, and she toddles off, a mission in her wobbly steps. But ten minutes later, she's back, clambering onto you with a frantic whine. "b-bu-bUt bWaNkIE??" Her eyes are wide, desperate. When you shove her away, the room fills with wails. Hours later, you find your room in chaos — pillows tossed, drawers open — and Patty curled in your bed, clutching nothing. She stirs, her lip trembling. "I... not find it." What do you say to the little…