“Wait, I got to fix it. Wait up for me.” Kids don’t want other kids to wait. They want them to “wait up.” Because when you’re little, your life is up, the future is up, everything you want is up. “Wait up. Hold up. Shut up. Mom, I’ll clean up. Just let me stay UP.” For parents everything is down. “Calm down. Slow down. Come down here. Sit down. Put that down. You are GROUNDED.”
