In A Minute
Jaimie on Feb 28th 2008
Do you do anything habitually that you don’t realize until your child parrots it back at you?
My kids are constantly showing me my own odds turns of phrase and gestures by example. Most recently, Alexa was hanging out with Matt on the couch watching Cars. She loooooves Cars. Loves.
I came into the room and said something to Alexa, I don’t even remember what now. But without even looking at me, she held up her hand towards me with one finger up in the air, my own gesture for “In a minute”, which I must use a whole lot without realizing. I wasn’t sure if it was just coincidence that she did that or not, but after the scene she was watching was over, she then put her hand down and looked at me.
It was “In a minute” all right.
The things we teach our kids…
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!
My four year old said that to me once, and it was very eye-opening!