It's hard to be a kid

This conversation happened today in my house.

Middle child to me when I disagreed with her plan: "I read somewhere that if you want to be a mother, you have to do what your kids want to do."

Oldest child (who agreed with her mother for once): "Actually, if you are a kid, you have to do what your mother says."

Middle child: "Then I don’t want to be a kid."

Ah, yes. I understand. Sometimes it's hard to be a kid. I can remember feeling this so strongly when I was a kid. In fact, I lost a lot of good kid-time wishing I wasn't a kid. I hope that I can help my kids avoid that. So, tomorrow, we will try to do more of what they want to do, especially that middle child who is far too young to not want to be a kid yet.