• When You’re the Jungle Gym: Touchy Toddlers and Sensory Boundaries

    My toddler treats me like I’m part jungle gym, part couch, and part emotional support trampoline. He climbs me like a treehouse ladder, trust-falls onto me like I’m a trampoline, and hangs upside down off me at any opportunity. And while I love being his safe place—I really do—there’s another truth layered under that love:…