Out of the mouths of babes! (2014)
(As you can probably tell, I'm not a very frequent blogger. I blogged a whopping two times here in 2013. I like blogging, but for some reason forget to do it much. (I'd blame it on the ADHD and the six kids, but there are some very active bloggers who have twice as many kids as I do and who are also neurodivergent, so I can only blame myself, lol.
However, I might actually be able to keep this blog up. I've already blogged more than twice during the year 2014 (probably thrice?), so I'm already ahead of the game, yay me!
Soooooo...here's a cute exchange I had in January with my youngest daughter.)
Daughter (age 5): Mommy, I don't like the music you listen to. It's not good.
Me (who mostly listens to Christian contemporary and smooth jazz): I'm confused, honey. Why isn't it good?
Daughter: They talk about doing bad things in that one song.
Me: What do you mean? What bad things?
Daughter: That man keeps saying he wants to "live with a panda." That's not good. Pandas might be cute, but they are very dangerous animals.
Me: In what song does somebody say something ridiculous like that?
Daughter: (sings a bit of song)
Me: Oh! He's not talking about living a panda! He's saying "live with abandon!" (Song by the Newsboys).
Daughter: He's going to abandon the panda?
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Recommended citation: Giwa Onaiwu, Morénike. (2014). Out of the mouths of babes! Just Being Me...Who Needs "Normalcy," Anyway? [Personal essay.]
However, I might actually be able to keep this blog up. I've already blogged more than twice during the year 2014 (probably thrice?), so I'm already ahead of the game, yay me!
Soooooo...here's a cute exchange I had in January with my youngest daughter.)
Daughter (age 5): Mommy, I don't like the music you listen to. It's not good.
Me (who mostly listens to Christian contemporary and smooth jazz): I'm confused, honey. Why isn't it good?
Daughter: They talk about doing bad things in that one song.
Me: What do you mean? What bad things?
Daughter: That man keeps saying he wants to "live with a panda." That's not good. Pandas might be cute, but they are very dangerous animals.
Me: In what song does somebody say something ridiculous like that?
Daughter: (sings a bit of song)
Me: Oh! He's not talking about living a panda! He's saying "live with abandon!" (Song by the Newsboys).
Daughter: He's going to abandon the panda?
Recommended citation: Giwa Onaiwu, Morénike. (2014). Out of the mouths of babes! Just Being Me...Who Needs "Normalcy," Anyway? [Personal essay.]