the slippery slope down which she's been slid

[psocoptera]

Another unhappy drop-off, but perhaps a sign of progress: this time the tearful begging was entirely about "Mama should come back after lunch" (as opposed to later after nap), and not at all about staying home or anything like that. Possibly this was just because two-year-olds aren't very flexible negotiators, and, having thought of one thing, she wasn't thinking about anything else, but possibly she's starting to accept the fact of preschool and now we're just working out the details. It's a little weird to be like, yay, go slow erosion of hope and reduction to begging for crumbs of improvement, but recognition of a lost cause does seem like a useful life skill...

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[myalexandria.livejournal.com]

go slow erosion of hope and reduction to begging for crumbs of improvement

This is pretty much what growing up is about, it seems to me.