"The Crisis of Self-Affirmation (aka the Terrible Two's)"

A quote of a quote of a quote:

Silvana Montanaro advises parents that “behind the child’s ‘no’, is the desire to be recognised as a person who is already able to resolve many problems related to him...and to ask for his opinion much more often than is generally done."

[http://www.feedingthesoil.com/2015/03/montessori-crisis-of-self-affirmation.html]