threenager

noun

1. A rebellious and strong-willed three-year-old.

   “All of these are simply weapons in the battle with threenagers — not for control over clothing choices but for our children’s character and soul and the adults they will become.”

   “There is something disgusting about pretending your child is older than his actual age. Your toddler isn't a teen or a fucking threenager.”

   “It was my inability to deal with my firstborn behaving like a 'threenager' that led to me quitting a successful career as a radio announcer and going to university for nearly a decade to learn how to dad better.”

   “Whatever motherhood might look like for you through pregnancy, surrogacy, fostering, adopting, or mentoring, through infancy, toddlerhood, threenagers, and teenagers, it is all a process of letting go.”