Two of the things I've learned that I didn't REALLY understand the motivation for until I became a mom:
Moms cut the crusts off the sandwich to minimize the amount of wasted sandwich, not to appease the child.
Making a child wiggle fingers, toes, arms, legs, etc. after bumping them is a distraction technique, rather than a quasi-medical test for broken bones.
I'm not sure what this says most about me. That my parents were very convincing? That I'm very good at overlooking the obvious?
Danielle Behind the Wheel
1 day ago
2 comments:
More like, your parents weren't very astute.
I thought we really were checking for correct operation of toes, fingers, etc. so as to know if we would have to try to find the car keys for a trip to the doctor.
And I really believed NONE of the sandwich would ever be eaten if any crust was still visible!
I think perhaps you exist in a world of logic, but parenting does not.
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