Lots of people make fake posts about their 2 year old giving opinions about politics that either never happened or the kid was just parroting what they've been told by an adult.
Honestly, even if a child says something I agree with, that's unimportant. Even if *my* child says something I agree with, that's unimportant. Kids aren't particularly wise, the best they can do is imperfectly reflect what they've been raised in.
But something happened both times I took my son to the park today, and I'm proud of what I saw: He saw litter on the ground, picked it up, and put it in the garbage. He did it a bunch of times, too. It wasn't a fluke.
I think that's a good habit to be in at the age of 2. If he's reflecting service to the community, then I'm not just proud of him, I'm proud of myself for presenting an image where he mimics doing something like that. It reflects a growing virtue in him, and potentially virtue within myself that he sees.
And to be real for a minute, kids are a lot of different things. I was just about to hit "send" on this message, and I hear him giggling, and I'm like "aww hehehe....wait a minute, I know that giggle", and sure enough he was taking a mouthful of water from his bottle and spitting it all over himself making a huge mess so I had to go clean it up. He's still 2, after all!
Honestly, even if a child says something I agree with, that's unimportant. Even if *my* child says something I agree with, that's unimportant. Kids aren't particularly wise, the best they can do is imperfectly reflect what they've been raised in.
But something happened both times I took my son to the park today, and I'm proud of what I saw: He saw litter on the ground, picked it up, and put it in the garbage. He did it a bunch of times, too. It wasn't a fluke.
I think that's a good habit to be in at the age of 2. If he's reflecting service to the community, then I'm not just proud of him, I'm proud of myself for presenting an image where he mimics doing something like that. It reflects a growing virtue in him, and potentially virtue within myself that he sees.
And to be real for a minute, kids are a lot of different things. I was just about to hit "send" on this message, and I hear him giggling, and I'm like "aww hehehe....wait a minute, I know that giggle", and sure enough he was taking a mouthful of water from his bottle and spitting it all over himself making a huge mess so I had to go clean it up. He's still 2, after all!
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@sj_zero Who gives a shit what a kid thinks anyhow?
They believe in Santa Claus too.
As long as they are safe and happy, they don't get a vote lol
They believe in Santa Claus too.
As long as they are safe and happy, they don't get a vote lol
@sj_zero Very good that he's watching out for that. Kids can occasionally give really interesting takes on things because they don't understand the paradigms that adults have grown accustomed to. One of mine asked at a very young age if they were allowed to be friends with a kid "even though they had brown skin". They had never seen an Asian person before. I had never discussed race or societal interactions with them at that point. All the kids my child had ever been around were White, so they just assumed people only stuck with their own kind by some sort of rule. Said child is still friends with the Asian kid.
@sj_zero if your kid says something you agree with, that should not be surprising since they most likely picked up the idea from you. Young children are very impressionable, and get many ideas from their parents.
This is why I am dubious about parents who claim that their young child is trans and claiming they had no role in that happening. The parents either pushed the idea themselves or let it happen without giving the proper pushback.
Yeah but can that two year old make valid claims, who are his sources. Imagine listening to some kid that cant even do crack educate me about anything