If He Gets A College Scholarship One Day I Will Consider All The Aggravation Worth It, Maybe
March 1, 2006
“I swear you will argue with me about anything, just for the sake of being contrary. It doesn’t matter what it is. If I said the sky was blue, you would tell me it wasn’t”
“Well, Mom. Sunlight is made up of all different colors of light, but the color blue is scattered much more efficiently in our atmosphere than the other colors. The sky is actually not blue, it only appears that way.”
“That was just an example.”
“Yes it was. And who was wrong? Uh-huh, I thought so.”
Help.
Posted by Chris @ 7:22 am
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Oh. My. Goodness. What a smart child!
March 1st, 2006 at 12:02 pmI have one like that and I sooooo feel your pain!! Here’s hoping that they have children just like them!
Dot
March 1st, 2006 at 12:03 pmOh dear.
I have one of those at home too. I am sorry to tell you that there is no help for this affliction. You’re stuck.
March 1st, 2006 at 12:03 pmYour very own little astro-physicist. …..and he’s funny too. Yes, someday you’ll probably be glad he’s such a smarty pants…..
March 1st, 2006 at 12:03 pmI have one just like that. I constantly tell him he will make a great attorney some day.
March 1st, 2006 at 12:09 pmIt is all your fault: you should have sent him to regular school instead of homeschooling. Be proud!!!
March 1st, 2006 at 12:10 pmHow old is that kid and what is he reading? Maybe I should be homeschooling.
My 15yo can be wrong, completely wrong, know she is wrong, and still continue to argue her point. This is usually terminated by her sticking out her toung. And she is my smart kid… Oh dear.
March 1st, 2006 at 12:14 pmHeh. No help from me, but lots of sympathy. My 6 year old already sounds like that.
March 1st, 2006 at 12:22 pmSmart kid! You know, this could play out well for you later in life. I’d tell him he can be right all he wants as long as he puts his brilliance to good work, gets a good job and supports you in the manner to which you would like to become accustomed.
March 1st, 2006 at 12:36 pmI have a couple like that. I plan on visiting them when they have good jobs in a warm sunny locale and making their lives miserable.
March 1st, 2006 at 12:37 pmwhat is he reading? and why didn’t my parents make me read it when i was a kid?
March 1st, 2006 at 12:48 pmYikes.
March 1st, 2006 at 12:56 pmI know I’m in trouble too–my almost 3 year-old is already smarter than me.
haha
Hey YOU are his teacher!
Alternate patting yourself on the back and kicking yourself in the butt!
hey that can be a new workout!
March 1st, 2006 at 1:01 pmam I the only one who would smack their kid for the “who was wrong? huh?” part?
March 1st, 2006 at 1:23 pmum, WOW.
I have 1 that is ‘oppositional for the sake of being oppositional’ (as the professionals tell me), amd 1 who just sincerely believes that he knows everything there is to know. Sounds like you got both of those attributes in the same kid. Hang in there!
March 1st, 2006 at 1:48 pmnope J, i would too… i often wonder why on earth she lets her kids get away with what she does… the chore thing, the smart mouths, eeek my kids would be SO dead.
March 1st, 2006 at 1:51 pmI could have sworn I dropped that child off at school this morning. I’ll be right over. Sorry!
March 1st, 2006 at 2:15 pmWell, I know how that is, except I’m thinking I’ve got about 3 so far out of six, but I have a feeling there will be more of those blooming soon! What do you do? Say,” Wow, you are really smart!” That’s all he’s trying to prove anyways. And besides isn’t that what we want our kids to be? It’s better than having battles to get him to just plain read instead of play video games or watch T.V.! Long term thinking is the way to go when you got a lot of kids! Those lamaze classes weren’t just for labor I have found out! I use it more now than ever. Hee Hee hoooh! Breathe in, breathe out! Or something like that! Have a great Day mother of a genious!
March 1st, 2006 at 2:22 pmI think someone has a future lawyer on their hands!
March 1st, 2006 at 2:26 pmOh crap, that was me as a kid. I love to argue. Don’t worry, he will definetly be the kid who has a great job someday. Just keep telling yourself that. And I just have to comment to J’s comment - and macking a kid does what exactly? Just teaches them to hit. Maybe Chris is raising her kids to be independent thinkers. Sometimes they say things you don’t want to hear. And this thing won’t let me be anything but Anonymous, but my name is melissa and my site is http://www.issasworld.typepad.com
March 1st, 2006 at 2:34 pmthat’s too funny. I have 2 stubborn daughters, but they haven’t learned enough scientific facts yet, to argue with me on EVERYTHING!
March 1st, 2006 at 2:38 pm“j” and anonymous,
To me being an adult means that I have developed enough self control not to smack people across the face just because they aggravate me.
And I’m not sure what is meant by the “chore” thing. But whatever.
My kids are good kids. They are smart and funny. I always get compliments on their behavior when we are out.
March 1st, 2006 at 3:32 pmHmmm…you have my kid…and here I thought I took him to preschool this afternoon! I keep saying he’s gonna do something big in this world to justify me not killing him before his fifth birthday! LOL
March 1st, 2006 at 3:57 pmholy crap. He knew that? I can hardly wait to hear what all he knows when he’s a teenager.
March 1st, 2006 at 4:53 pmYou’ve done your job too well.
March 1st, 2006 at 5:41 pmExhibit A.
I feel you, sister.
March 2nd, 2006 at 12:34 amI like the “maybe” tacked on the end there. You are in some trouble, woman.
March 2nd, 2006 at 12:37 amMy oldest is like this, but he does know that he is to respect me if he likes eating. Perhaps that is what J and anonymous ment. We all tolerate different things, for instance my 5 boys can be running around the house and power driving each other, but they better be quite while they are doing it….and just to clear something up “no” being hit as a child dosent breed a hitter, or else I would be knocking everyone out all the time. Just my 2 cents.
March 2nd, 2006 at 12:42 amThat’s great. Your kids rock. I hope, when I have some, that I do half as good a job.
March 2nd, 2006 at 9:38 amHave you thought of sending him to Space Camp? I am serious. He might enjoy it.
Since he is so knowledgable about how light is dispersed in the atmosphere, perhaps he should create an experiment for his younger siblings to demonstrate how sunlight is dispersed. The experiment must be hands on for them. There will be a time limit. Any and all messes resulting from this experiment will be his responsibility to clean. His grade will reflect how well he does not only in creating the experiment but in staying within the time constraints and cleaning up afterwards.
March 2nd, 2006 at 12:16 pmMaybe he and my DS should pair up and rule the world! he hee
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/MamatoBrownheads/92313/
March 3rd, 2006 at 10:21 amI feel your pain too. My oldest is like that, just not that smart, lol.
March 6th, 2006 at 12:55 pm