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About LinkBacksBetter than them running around in their room with no lights on, popping pills, listening to techno and running away from ghosts!Originally Posted by JK Ferret
Better than them running around in their room with no lights on, popping pills, listening to techno and running away from ghosts!
I think it's a bit sad that they have to set this sort of stuff as homework - not implying you're a bad parent - but clearly parents as a whole are getting less enthusiastic about doing stuff with kids at home. My parents did this sort of stuff with me at home anyway - no school prompting - , reading, spelling and phonics definitely.Reading, spellings, phonics, maths and story telling all part of his homework throughout the week. Luckily he is at that stage where he enjoys it, not looking forward to it in a few years time when all you hear is "I can't be bothered"
I agree. But having sat in a Doctors surgery watching two year olds, chewing the corner of books while my younger little lad flicks through them, and turns the pages to compare the pictures of the same animal, pointing to them, it's clear that some parents need to be told what to do, too.
What no pics? Come on we want to see a little boy trying to play wii or turn the telly on with a toy frying pan!
It's quite amazing how much the little blighters pick up just by watching you. My niece learnt to walk at 9 months and from then on she liked nothing better than to climb onto the PC chair and play with my brother's PC even learning which button on the keyboard turned it off (hibernation). She quickly learnt to do the same with my dad's PC (see below) and still does.
Then it was on to the outside and during last summer you couldn't stop her from getting any of the watering cans and trying to turn the tap on. She was the strongest kid I've ever known and can easily lift an adult watering can with almost half the water in. Note the scrunched up toes.
Just last week Uncle Iranu (she calls me "ra ra") was playing silly beggars and put an old ice cream tub (which has the duplo in) on his head. Guess what the result was.(aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?)
My folks used to put the remote controls into a drawer when she came around and now she thinks that's where they live so every time she comes around she gets them and puts them away...then gets them out and buggers up all the settings by pushing buttons. Children aren't stupid and they work alsorts of things out very quickly.
"Reality is what it is, not what you want it to be." Frank Zappa. ----------- "The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike." Huang Po.----------- "A drowsy line of wasted time bathes my open mind", - Ride.
It's true what they say, kids are like sponges at this age. However I think it's a little unfair to pick on older kids that don't always do what a younger kid can do Zak. Like most things in life, people pick up different things at a different pace. Sure I agree that parents don't interact as much with kids as much as they should and used to in days gone by, however you can't tar all with the same brush. Walking is a good example - at a motorway service station about 6 months ago I was stunned to see a 9 month old girl running around the place. My lad was about a year old and hadn't even stood up properly!
Remote controls, Dualshocks, Wiimotes and phones can't be left anywhere within reach now. You can't even put them in a drawer or a cupboard because someone can now open them.Quite often I'll hear the TV change channel, or hear my PS3 boot up because someone has found the controllers.
They also pick up on the swearing pretty quickly too. A friend of mine has two children and the little girl when she was about two came out with some crackers.
They rented a house on some millionaires property and lived next door to the gardener/handyman. He was watering the flowers when Amy came out of her bedroom and exclaimed, "Robin's got water all over my bloody windows!"
She was in the supermarket in the trolley seat at the checkout. She dropped a teddy and was heard to utter, "oh bollocks".
But my favourite is this one. She was playing with two plastic fish, one red one blue. Then she offered daddy one and with a big beaming face full of glee said,"Daddy, that's your f*****g fish and that's my f*****g fish". Her mum was heavily pregnant at the time and I was amazed she didn't give birth right there and then she was laughing so hard. I had to join her in the kitchen then we heard daddy trying not to wet himself say, "no that's your red fish and that's my blue fish".
No one knew where she got the words from.
There other little one, Ben, was telling his own jokes at the age of two! Brilliant.
"Reality is what it is, not what you want it to be." Frank Zappa. ----------- "The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike." Huang Po.----------- "A drowsy line of wasted time bathes my open mind", - Ride.
My 4 year old likes to sit and watch me play WoW. He prefers it when I play my hunter, as he likes his pet!
You're not joking about them being little sponges. Matthew was at school when he banged his knee on a cupboard. His instant response was "Oh bugger"! Guess what my wife tries very hard not to say any more!
Matthew goes to school where I work, so we have 2 hours of commuting up and down the M4 every day. I've tried to moderate my language, but obviously not enough(!) He was at home one day, having a treat, and he picked M&Ms. He picked one up and the conversation went like this:
"Look Daddy, M for Matthew".
"Yes Matthew, and M for Mummy".
"and M for moron"
At this point, I nearly sprayed the dogs with the drink I had!
"Where did you hear that, Matthew".
"From you, Daddy".
"and what's a moron, Matthew".
"Someone who drives on the motorway".
Out of the mouths of babes...
Steve
nope, good point. It was more as a point of reference to a post just above it, referring to people's interacting with their kids.
Mine was last to walk, by a long way, of his mates of similar age. And I know that wasn't from lack of trying on our part, so you're right on the whole.
I think the reason I was suprised was because it was a book the kids were chewing. I mean, mine chews everything else, when he's bored, or teething, because... well,,.,.I guess kids do chew helicopters, diggers and furry animals
But he doesn't chew books anymore, and I hope it's because he knows he's not supposed too. Further down the conversation though, I'm still suprised that older kids who can talk in basic terms, and play with toys better than mine, would chew a book and not look at it.
I truly laughed out loud at that one - you really can't fault his logic!
What a heart-warming thread this is
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