The Oedipus complex is basically history’s most awkward family drama—Freud looked at Greek mythology and said, “You know what? That guy who accidentally married his mom? That’s every toddler’s phase.” According to Freud, little kids go through a stage where they’re obsessed with their opposite-sex parent and weirdly competitive with the other one—like a tiny soap opera where the stakes are who gets more bedtime stories. But don’t worry, most kids grow out of it (phew). If not, well… they might just end up as the lead character in a tragic Greek play, and nobody wants to spend their golden years poking their own eyes out.