Other People's Kids
Isn't it interesting how other people's kids are consistently more annoying, rude, and misbehaved than our own kids are? Their mannerisms, the things they do and say, and even the whiney, goofy voices they use can be downright drag the fingernails down the chalkboard annoying. Of course, when our own kids behave the same way, we accept it, and (God forbid) sometimes even find it amusing and cute.
For the past week and a bit, I have had the exciting experience of driving my son and a friend to camp in the morning on my way to work. This week I get double the pleasure, as I get to pick them up also. Talk about a long 20 to 30 minutes - locked in a car, with no escape from the incessant, whiney, drawn-out, babytalk babble and continuous statements such as "That's so gay", "That sucks", "She's so ugly", "I hate her," blah blah blah. The only hope I have of escape is to turn the radio up and try to tune it out (which I have not been able to do very successfully).
It has always been my experience that I have less tolerence for other people's children. Which leads me to wonder if other people are just as annoyed by my kids as I am by theirs - NAW! (smile). As hard as it is to believe, I would imagine that my kids have done and said things that have caused shivers of aggrevation in other adults. And I would have to assume that just as other parents have told me stories about their kids that they thought were so cute and funny (that I barely found mildly amusing), I have probably bored other people with my silly little stories about how cute and unique my kids are.
I guess the great thing about parents is that no matter how annoying our kids can be at times, we love them all the same. The silly behaviours that we would cringe at in someone else's child, just endears us to them all the more. It's a good thing that (most) parents are created with this inbred love for their children so that at least someone can tolerate them (wink) . In all seriousness, children, with all their flaws, are wonderful. (And eventually they grow out of the annoying phases - right?)
Isn't it interesting how other people's kids are consistently more annoying, rude, and misbehaved than our own kids are? Their mannerisms, the things they do and say, and even the whiney, goofy voices they use can be downright drag the fingernails down the chalkboard annoying. Of course, when our own kids behave the same way, we accept it, and (God forbid) sometimes even find it amusing and cute.
For the past week and a bit, I have had the exciting experience of driving my son and a friend to camp in the morning on my way to work. This week I get double the pleasure, as I get to pick them up also. Talk about a long 20 to 30 minutes - locked in a car, with no escape from the incessant, whiney, drawn-out, babytalk babble and continuous statements such as "That's so gay", "That sucks", "She's so ugly", "I hate her," blah blah blah. The only hope I have of escape is to turn the radio up and try to tune it out (which I have not been able to do very successfully).
It has always been my experience that I have less tolerence for other people's children. Which leads me to wonder if other people are just as annoyed by my kids as I am by theirs - NAW! (smile). As hard as it is to believe, I would imagine that my kids have done and said things that have caused shivers of aggrevation in other adults. And I would have to assume that just as other parents have told me stories about their kids that they thought were so cute and funny (that I barely found mildly amusing), I have probably bored other people with my silly little stories about how cute and unique my kids are.
I guess the great thing about parents is that no matter how annoying our kids can be at times, we love them all the same. The silly behaviours that we would cringe at in someone else's child, just endears us to them all the more. It's a good thing that (most) parents are created with this inbred love for their children so that at least someone can tolerate them (wink) . In all seriousness, children, with all their flaws, are wonderful. (And eventually they grow out of the annoying phases - right?)
posted by Jennifer | 4:01 PM
1 Comments:
SO true.It's amazing how patient you can be with your own child's wining but when someone else's kid does it, it's all I can do not to tear my hair strand by strand from my head.
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