Of course, I’m totally biased when it comes to Teagan. She makes the smartest, cutest and funniest comments ever! And her little voice is just precious.
She has a great vocabulary (yes, I’m bragging) and has a great sense of humor.
Some of my recent favorite Teagan sayings:
1) Daddy drinks a grande drip, no room, with a couple of honeys.
2) I’m a super hero princess and I save paper.
3) GUYS! That’s not sharing! We need a big family hug. (She usually says this if hubbie and I are having a disagreement.)
But last night she said something that wasn’t so cute. She wasn’t happy at the fact that I wouldn’t let her get her way so, with arms crossed, she exclaimed, “You are not my friend!” Initially my heart sunk and I felt sad…but then I snapped out of it and thought, where did she learn that? I quickly explained that what she said was a hurtful statement and I frowned to show her my disapproval.
Kids absorb everything, don’t they? Words, emotions, tones, and won’t think twice about repeating stuff. I know kids her age might not fully understand the meaning of the words but kids can pick up emotions and feelings of what is being said. Obviously, Teagan connected the statement, “You are not my friend” with the way she felt at the time. I realize that she’ll probably repeat some words we won’t be happy to hear. I also realize that parenting isn’t always going to be a “couple of honeys”. Thankfully there are more cute moments then not. I’m nervous about sending her off to school! What are the kids talking about there?
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School is where they’ll come back with language worse than mine and I went to CATHOLIC school. Private schools are no better than public schools, the thing you have to hope and pray for is that you get a good teacher and luckily they are now teaching kids that it’s okay to be different from birth so hopefully the not sharing and you are not my friend comments don’t happen! Things were so much different when we were young. Sports are now non competitive and just an activity- everyone wins and there are no losers. I’m still not sure if I agree with this concept because when they get older, they will be in for a rude awakening. The world is not fair!
You know, as hard as that is to hear from the little person you care for 24/7, it is actually a great testament to the love and safety she feels within your home and family that she can push boundaries like that. She needs to be allowed to be angry and speak out. You then have a great teaching moment. I mean, after you peel yourself off of the ceiling. 😉
i know what you mean…when my son is mad at me for not letting him get his way he says “I don’t like or love you”…i try to explain that is not a nice things to say and I usually say “well I still love you, no matter what.” The other night he said this to me before he went to bed and then the next morning he ran downstairs to me and said “mommy I like and love you!”…he must have had a terrible night thinking about this!!