Mrs M
yoda76MY 4 YEAR OLD IS A SMART ALEX
August 13th 2007 03:55
I'm in a spot of bother. See I don't know whether to be proud that my son has a brain in his head or worried that he is going to push me to my limits and short circuit my brain.
Let me tell you a story....
Lately my 4 year old has not taken kindly to word "no". Whenever he hears it he has a fit. (Didn't we get past the tantrum throwing years?) Or he'd get upset about having to set the table...when it's his turn.
Mr M and I have both spoken to him about it and he understands that having a fit doesn't help his cause but obviously in that moment, emotion overtakes logic.
Anyway, he got wind of the fact that I had bought him a surprise. I was hoping to surprise him with it but I was waiting for his behaviour to improve first without using the surprise as a tool to get him to behave. But you know what they say about best laid plans....
He kept pestering and pestering me for it. And I kept saying no; because he was still having fits, or being defiant if I asked him to do his chores and the like.
So one day a couple of weeks back we were driving home and I was distracted with keeping my 21 month old awake until we got home because if he fell asleep in the car, then he would wake when I moved him and he wouldn't go back to sleep which would then make for a hell of an afternoon.
So Alex catches me off guard. "Mum", he says. "Can we play Battle Ship?"
"I don't know Alex. I just want to get home first and then I'll think about it".
"You're supposed to say no because Christian is still awake and he might get the small pieces".
Not quite knowing where he is going with this I say "Okay. No."
"See mum. You said no and I didn't scream. Can I have my surprise now?"
So folks you tell me, would you be proud that the kid is using his head, or scared because he's only 4 and already using his head?
Let me tell you a story....
Lately my 4 year old has not taken kindly to word "no". Whenever he hears it he has a fit. (Didn't we get past the tantrum throwing years?) Or he'd get upset about having to set the table...when it's his turn.
Mr M and I have both spoken to him about it and he understands that having a fit doesn't help his cause but obviously in that moment, emotion overtakes logic.
Anyway, he got wind of the fact that I had bought him a surprise. I was hoping to surprise him with it but I was waiting for his behaviour to improve first without using the surprise as a tool to get him to behave. But you know what they say about best laid plans....
He kept pestering and pestering me for it. And I kept saying no; because he was still having fits, or being defiant if I asked him to do his chores and the like.
So one day a couple of weeks back we were driving home and I was distracted with keeping my 21 month old awake until we got home because if he fell asleep in the car, then he would wake when I moved him and he wouldn't go back to sleep which would then make for a hell of an afternoon.
So Alex catches me off guard. "Mum", he says. "Can we play Battle Ship?"
"I don't know Alex. I just want to get home first and then I'll think about it".
"You're supposed to say no because Christian is still awake and he might get the small pieces".
Not quite knowing where he is going with this I say "Okay. No."
"See mum. You said no and I didn't scream. Can I have my surprise now?"
So folks you tell me, would you be proud that the kid is using his head, or scared because he's only 4 and already using his head?
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Comment by Ahmed
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For instance my dad was going to the chemist and he wanted to tag along (buy sweets and lal that), my dad was adament that he wouldn't go.
15 minutes later he changes his clothes, no kidding, walks up to my dad and is like 'when are we going?', full well knowing that he already said no.
Well dad was pre-occupied so he just said 'were going'. Brother ran like nuts nad hopped in the car.
What are you going to tell him now? 'No you can't come, you tricked me'?
Comment by Nickoftime's Sanity Corner
children are such incredibly intelligent and charming beings aren't they? You just never know what's going to come out of their mouths...
LOL
Seems to me that your wee one has both you and Mr. M wrapped around his little finger...
*Snicker*
My sister has young two boys who are so smart they astound me sometimes...They play off of one another and use group thinking to try and outwit my sister and her husband...Sometimes they actually succeed!
LOLOL
That's some wise young man you have on your hands..
Take care,
Nick
Comment by Aimzster
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Comment by Sarah White
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Kids you've got to love their logic. LOL! I'd be both proud and scared, as we are at times when Callum uses his logic head, it's amazing to think of how they have come to that end result and it shows that in his own way he has been listening and taking note of what you have been telling him about tantrums. Also it's sad in a way because it highlights just how quickly children grow up.
So who won at Battleships? *smiles*.
Take Care.
Sarah. xxx
Comment by Kleonaptra
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This is something Ive been thinking hard about. The other day I was thinking about children and I had a little premonition of wiping up dishes with my 5 year old daughter. She'd bested me in conversation and I just laughed and said "Youre the next generation - youre supposed to be smarter than mommy and daddy!"
And when they come along, Im going to make sure I DO tell them, each chain of genetics improves upon the last, its scientific law and the entire point to procreation. True love is merely a match of pheremones that screams "PERFECT GENETIC MATCH!"
Give up now Mrs M. You and Mr M must have the right blend of chromosomes. Youre screwed.
Comment by Miswanderlust
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I absolutely adore children's logic. Totally cracks me up. Your son Alex sounds a lot like my son Alex (who is now 21 years old). The ability to reason is to be admired. Remember the smarter the children the more diligent the manipulation. I would listen to my son's logic and laugh but at the end of the day what Mom said goes!
Mis
Comment by Mrs M
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You know when it is someone else's family it's kind of a funny story. But you're right, what parent will admit to being tricked by their kid.
Hi Nick,
Hi Aimzster,
Hi Candice
What I want to know is whether you managed to keep a straight face and if you gave him the surprise
Hi Sarah,
And I won Battle Ship. I can't let a 4 year old beat me.
Hi Kleonpatra,
Hi Mis,
Thanks everyone for the visit and the comments.
Love & stuff
Mrs M