MinnieMum

As kids start going to school, you can definitely see a huge difference in their perception,thinking and understanding.They might not now ask seemingly silly questions but of course their curiosity has not ebbed. Their questions are more meaningful and logical that you may not have an answer to them. Earlier it was easier to distract them but now its more difficult. My seven year old daughter had recently picked up her Cinderella fairy tale book. Next day she casually asked me. Daughter: "Mom, have you read Cindrella?" Me: "Yes." Daughter: "I had a question, The fairy godmother had told Cindrella that as the clock chimes 12.00 the magic will end and she has to be back." Me: "Yes that is right, and that is why she runs back when it is midnight." Daughter: "Yes so everything will turn back as it was at midnight, then why doesn't the glass slipper disappear?" Well that was a valid question, I had not thought of that. I was ...

So school is the next phase in the life of your 6 year old. And yes it is definitely a big change.New place,teachers,kids, everything new and yes definitely their reactions to all this are also really new. But its more amusing to listen to the reasons they come up of not going to school. Before the school started my daughter was like " I cant wait to go to school!!" After the first two days the novelty soon wore off and this changed. Daugter (crossly):  "I dont want to be six, I want to be five!!" Me: "But you are six, we just celebrated your birthday." Daughter (starting to cry) : "Its all your fault, you celebrated my birthday and now I am six year old and I want to be five." Me: " Ok we will not celebrate your next birthday and then you will remain six years old." Daughter: "No but I want to be five,its all your fault, you gave me food and now I am growing and I cant go to kindergarten.I dont want to go to school"...

Its really interesting to know how the kids think.  My daughter spilled some food while eating and  I told her to eat carefully. Me- "Why do you always spill food? Be more careful". The next day I was transferring food from a big pan to a plate and some of it fell down. She came running to the kitchen. Daughter: "Are you ok?" Me: "Yes I just spilled some food." Without batting her eyelids , Daughter:"Mummy, why do you always spill food? Well I didn't answer her and was cleaning . In a consoling tone. Daughter: "Mom maybe because I came from your stomach that is why we both make the same mistakes." Well I couldn't disagree :)

When kids are small they will listen too anything and believe it. As they grow up you notice that instead of being mere listeners, they  interpret things and start asking questions. The next stage is when they start correcting you and in such a way that you cant disagree.. So at bedtime, my daughter wanted to listen  to a bedtime story. I was so sleepy and tried to tell her the usual stories that she hears every time. But she wanted to listen to a new story. What came to my mind was the story of the Fox and the crow. Me: Once upon a time a crow found a piece of meat and took it and sat on a tree. A hungry fox below saw it and wanted the to eat it. He told the crow, "Oh crow, what a lovely voice you have. I have come from far away to hear your voice." Hearing his praise the crow was flattered. Just as he opened his mouth to sing, the piece of meat fell down.The fox ate it and ran away. So the moral of the story is you should not believe  false praise. To which my d...

As they grow up kids can certainly make you speechless. Out of the blue you will get a jolt of a question to which you cant answer with a straight face. My daughter was coloring with her crayons and I was cleaning. Me: Take your glass to the kitchen please. Daughter: Why should I keep it inside,  I always do what you say. Are you a queen or what? Well I didn't see that coming. Me: Who cooked your breakfast and gave you milk in that glass. So who is the queen? With a naughty smile, she said. Daughter: OK I will keep it inside  your majesty!!!

Kids nowadays are so well versed with technology that at times it makes you wonder. As digital interfaces become more intuitive and simpler you hardly need to teach them anything. While we were introduced quite late to these digital gadgets, kids nowadays are born with a silver phone!! The use of the same gadgets that takes some time for their grandparents, the grandchildren master in minutes. Thanks to YouTube's suggestions my daughter can surf cartoon videos to her hearts content although she cant read or type. You don't need teach them they pick up things so quickly that you cant imagine how much they know. So one day  I was asking my daughter about her day in her kindergarten. They have a fruit each day in kindergarten. So we were talking about that. Me: "Which fruit did you have today?" Daughter: "I don't know, it was green outside and white inside." Me: "Was it a pear?" Daughter: "No mom I don't know its name, ask Googl...