This morning I had this conversation with a four-year-old
who lives next door.
4YO: “What
are you doing?”
Me: “Cleaning my backyard.”
4YO: “Why you’re not cleaning my
backyard?”
Me: “Because it’s yours. You could
clean your backyard, and I will clean mine.”
4YO: “I think that’s funny.”
We both laughed. Me, because his
conclusion was funny to me.
When writing for young’uns, it’s
good to remember they see things from a different perch.
Bless my neighbors for
sharing their kids, when mine are no longer the age I write for.
Kids are funny! I'm grateful for the children in my life too, esp. our choir baby :)
ReplyDeleteI love this: "When writing for young’uns, it’s good to remember they see things from a different perch."
ReplyDeleteWell said. And I do enjoy interacting with kids. You never know what will come out of their mouths.
ReplyDeleteThe kid mind is a special thing. I love it.
ReplyDeleteI work in an elementary school cafeteria so I work with kids all day. Funniest thing I can remember on the job was when we first started offering real plastic trays for a special food item we started serving. The kids asked what to do with the trays when they were done. We told them to put them in the window, (meaning the dish room window which is a pass thru opening). When we wondered where all the trays went, we discovered they had piled them on the windowsills of the cafeteria windows. lol
ReplyDeleteI miss when my kids were little. Thank goodness for my kindergartners & your neighbor kid!
ReplyDeleteWe are: Clamco's story reminds me of Amelia Bedilia :D
ReplyDeleteLove the way kids think. And that our writerly minds are always taking notes.
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