Another parenting post. But perhaps this can apply in many other situations in our lives, whether with people that work for us, spouses, or anything really. I was talking to a friend recently, who gave me some good advice. “Don’t expect your 8 (5, 1) year old, to act older than their age.” I have often been disappointed or frustrated with my children for things that could be considered normal behaviours. Example: I pick up all the couch cushions and pillows off the floor, for the thousandth time this week, the millionth this year, and my toddler within minutes tears them all off again, laughing and finding it to be the best game he’s ever played.  I see the out-of-place pillows; I obsess over the dirt and dust they are rolling around in; my mind is wrought with concern over rips and tears; I get mad.  I have to remind him, AGAIN, that this is not the purpose of the pillows.  I resist the urge to yell “Sage! Stop!” as a last-ditch effort to end …