The Oedipal complex has evolved a lot since Freud first introduced it. Early psychoanalytic theory described it very literally. Today, we understand it much more metaphorically and developmentally. Infants and young toddlers typically think the world revolves around them. However, around age 3, children begin to develop Theory of Mind, which allows them to understand that other people have mind that is different from them. With this, they also realize that their parents have relationships that d