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Out of the Mouths of Babes
By Lynn Drinkall |
Why do some adults find it cute or funny to hear a toddler
use 'bad' language? Is it because we are conditioned to
hearing these words and expect our children to say them?
Or, is such an obviously grown up word funny, coming out
of a tiny body? Children are full of sweetness and
innocence, why corrupt them with four letter doozies and
"toilet" humor. There is nothing worse than watching a
chubby cheeked child, head adorned with ringlets, coming
out with the "F" word. It ruins the whole image of what
children are about.
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Bam
By Jeff Stimpson |
Once after baby-sitting Alex, Aunt Julie said, "It went pretty good. He only hit his head twice." Months ago, Alex's grandmother said, "He's going to take his spills." Alex learned to walk when? I don't recall. Already it's gone. But it wasn't long ago, and toddlers are aptly named and don't always stand up. Sometimes Alex falls like Gilligan. Other times he falls from lack of practice, his feet suddenly deciding Nah, not right now...
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