I recall my boy said something similar at that age-- despite his trying to block my efforts, saying "Don't look, don't look, Mommy!" After I looked under his bed anyway and found something electronic of his father's that was hidden there-- dismantled, my son said, "You're just trying to get me in trouble."
(ps. thanks Faith, for your words on my recent story. I very much value your critique.)
bahahahhaha. i thought it was bad that my son gets pissy whenever he gets busted doing something he's been told not to. like it's my fault he's bad at sneaking around. but this one takes the cake.
While I see the humour in this, I also see the questions that may have formed in your mind...the one about the consistency with which you use the phrase to which she refers, and the one about the frequency with which she may feel she disappoints you.
Okay, maybe you didn't think about those questions at all...maybe I'm projecting the way my own mind works? Maybe I need to sleep on this and return when the sun rises. Yeah.
didi's right, of course, and if my kid had said that to me, i would've given those questions some consideration - after i'd stopped laughing my ass off, of course. buuuuut, i dunno. being one of those crazy hard-ass parents who still thinks kids should be able to show a little self-control, and take a little responsibility, and all that outdated stuff that nobody wants to deal with anymore, i think that if you're using a phrase consistently, it means that you're parenting consistently. and in the long run, that's what she's going to take with her.
How absolutely perfect!
rache's right, of course, and if my kid had said that to me, I'd be laughing, analyzing, and then making sure her teachers at school were challenging her enough because them there's higher order thinking skills (the highest, according to Bloom--hell, evaluation? pfft) that I'm amazed when I see at seventeen, much less seven.
Ouch. Makes you think, doesn't it. My 4 year old always tells me, "I'm not your friend anymore". It kills me every time.
Some of you obviously know me all too well . Given that my remark prior to her line was, indeed, an oft-repeated one, which is: "Honey, that's unacceptable," and she then choose to flatten me with this interpretation....I'm left, I think, knowing that she also knows me all too well. As in, which buttons to push to make me laugh, write it down, and move on without further ado!
on the surface, such a funny little remark from a child gives us lots of chagrined mirth. Below the surface, there is much to be considered, eh?
What truth comes from the mouth's of babes...
This is precisely why, as a child, I learned to pre-package my foibles with an accommodating excuse. Saved my mom the trouble, I reasoned...
I'm glad it wasn't one hundred percent projection on my part...but also appreciate rache's take. Sometimes I wonder if I should have put more effort into overcoming my hormonal hurdles...I like to think I would have been the type of parent she described, and is.
Good lord, I just realized how often the Professor tells me my own behavior is unacceptable....
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That's rich.
Too funny.
I recall my boy said something similar at that age-- despite his trying to block my efforts, saying "Don't look, don't look, Mommy!" After I looked under his bed anyway and found something electronic of his father's that was hidden there-- dismantled, my son said, "You're just trying to get me in trouble."
(ps. thanks Faith, for your words on my recent story. I very much value your critique.)
bahahahhaha. i thought it was bad that my son gets pissy whenever he gets busted doing something he's been told not to. like it's my fault he's bad at sneaking around. but this one takes the cake.
While I see the humour in this, I also see the questions that may have formed in your mind...the one about the consistency with which you use the phrase to which she refers, and the one about the frequency with which she may feel she disappoints you.
Okay, maybe you didn't think about those questions at all...maybe I'm projecting the way my own mind works? Maybe I need to sleep on this and return when the sun rises. Yeah.
didi's right, of course, and if my kid had said that to me, i would've given those questions some consideration - after i'd stopped laughing my ass off, of course. buuuuut, i dunno. being one of those crazy hard-ass parents who still thinks kids should be able to show a little self-control, and take a little responsibility, and all that outdated stuff that nobody wants to deal with anymore, i think that if you're using a phrase consistently, it means that you're parenting consistently. and in the long run, that's what she's going to take with her.
How absolutely perfect!
rache's right, of course, and if my kid had said that to me, I'd be laughing, analyzing, and then making sure her teachers at school were challenging her enough because them there's higher order thinking skills (the highest, according to Bloom--hell, evaluation? pfft) that I'm amazed when I see at seventeen, much less seven.
Ouch. Makes you think, doesn't it. My 4 year old always tells me, "I'm not your friend anymore". It kills me every time.
Some of you obviously know me all too well
. Given that my remark prior to her line was, indeed, an oft-repeated one, which is: "Honey, that's unacceptable," and she then choose to flatten me with this interpretation....I'm left, I think, knowing that she also knows me all too well. As in, which buttons to push to make me laugh, write it down, and move on without further ado!
on the surface, such a funny little remark from a child gives us lots of chagrined mirth. Below the surface, there is much to be considered, eh?
What truth comes from the mouth's of babes...
This is precisely why, as a child, I learned to pre-package my foibles with an accommodating excuse. Saved my mom the trouble, I reasoned...
I'm glad it wasn't one hundred percent projection on my part...but also appreciate rache's take. Sometimes I wonder if I should have put more effort into overcoming my hormonal hurdles...I like to think I would have been the type of parent she described, and is.
Good lord, I just realized how often the Professor tells me my own behavior is unacceptable....
ROTFLMAO!!
Indeed!!!
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