It takes a lot of life experience to know that most of the tangible things in life can be bought, if you know the price. The price may not necessarily be in money, but almost anything can be bought or sold one way or the other.
The Generation Z learns this lesson faster than any other, thanks to constant stream of advertisements washing over us 24x7.
During one of his aggressive phases, Ashir was angry at me.
"Ashir, you are going to clean this mess now and go to bed" - I said.
"No I will not"
"I will count till 10"
"NO COUNTING.." - He shrieked
"One, Two.."
"NOOOO , I will kick the numbers"
"What?"
"You cannot kick the numbers, I am counting.. Three Four.."
"NOOOO I will kick you"
"What did you say?"
"I will kick you out" - He was furious
My jaw dropped - "What? You will kick me out? I will be sad and not come back"
"OK, I will get a new Papa from the Papa Store"
I was shocked. He looked at me for a few seconds and realized immediately that he has said something terribly wrong. He came to me running, held my face with both hands and said.
"Sorry, Papa, I will clean now"
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Friday, November 12, 2010
Max and Ruby
Max and Ruby is his favorite show these days. It is cute but I think it has done a lot of damage lately.
Ashir has always been obedient, he has his own mind but he had always come around to reason, talking and in extreme cases threat of a timeout. But lately he is becoming more and more stubborn. Initially we thought that this is just part of growing up and he will be fine but then after further investigation we concluded that it is this cute bunny show that is the culprit.
Max and Ruby is about a little rabbit Max and his elder sister Ruby. Ruby tries new things and acts like a early (rabbit) teenager, while Max is equivalent of a 2 old boy. He doesnt speak full sentences yet, just one word at a time. So if he needs to drink water he will say "Water".
The twist is that Max is also a whiz with almost every gadget, he can drive a toy car, fly a remote controlled airplane, shoot darts with accuracy and much much more.
Ruby tries to control him but he always does something opposite, at first it looks that it will ruin whatever Ruby is trying to do but in the end the genius Max prevails, to the delight of his fans he always proves right and actually saves the day for Ruby.
So Ruby the elder is always wrong and Max the younger is always right.
We realized this connection when he was throwing tantrums the other day. We always eat on a little dining table in the kitchen, but today he was insisting to eat in his play room.
"Upstairs" - He pointed up
"No Ashir, not now, let us finish our dinner and then you can play for a while"
"Upstairs"
"So will you not eat today?"
"Upstairs" - he pointed to his food.
"No mister you are not getting your food upstairs, we have our food here and then we go up"
"Upstairs" he said sternly.
"No. Eat here or no food"
"Upstairs" - He began to cry
We were puzzled, but then connected the dots when we saw an episode or two of Max and Ruby, he was acting out Max, hoping that in the end he will be proven right.
I think even though the rating agencies give a "C" rating to some cartoons, they should also look at the message these cartoons are conveying. On our part we will block M&R and see if that makes a difference.
Ashir has always been obedient, he has his own mind but he had always come around to reason, talking and in extreme cases threat of a timeout. But lately he is becoming more and more stubborn. Initially we thought that this is just part of growing up and he will be fine but then after further investigation we concluded that it is this cute bunny show that is the culprit.
Max and Ruby is about a little rabbit Max and his elder sister Ruby. Ruby tries new things and acts like a early (rabbit) teenager, while Max is equivalent of a 2 old boy. He doesnt speak full sentences yet, just one word at a time. So if he needs to drink water he will say "Water".
The twist is that Max is also a whiz with almost every gadget, he can drive a toy car, fly a remote controlled airplane, shoot darts with accuracy and much much more.
Ruby tries to control him but he always does something opposite, at first it looks that it will ruin whatever Ruby is trying to do but in the end the genius Max prevails, to the delight of his fans he always proves right and actually saves the day for Ruby.
So Ruby the elder is always wrong and Max the younger is always right.
We realized this connection when he was throwing tantrums the other day. We always eat on a little dining table in the kitchen, but today he was insisting to eat in his play room.
"Upstairs" - He pointed up
"No Ashir, not now, let us finish our dinner and then you can play for a while"
"Upstairs"
"So will you not eat today?"
"Upstairs" - he pointed to his food.
"No mister you are not getting your food upstairs, we have our food here and then we go up"
"Upstairs" he said sternly.
"No. Eat here or no food"
"Upstairs" - He began to cry
We were puzzled, but then connected the dots when we saw an episode or two of Max and Ruby, he was acting out Max, hoping that in the end he will be proven right.
I think even though the rating agencies give a "C" rating to some cartoons, they should also look at the message these cartoons are conveying. On our part we will block M&R and see if that makes a difference.
Bad 11
We all got a flu shot yesterday, he obviously did'nt like it. Today after breakfast he was counting with mommy when he said.
"8,9,10,11,12...... can we remove 11?"
"What do you mean?"
"Can we have 12 after 10?"
"I don't think so, but why would you want to do that?"
"I don't like 11. I got a shot on 11"
We all laughed.
Mommy asked - "But what will we do with 11"
"We will put it in the bad number box"
"8,9,10,11,12...... can we remove 11?"
"What do you mean?"
"Can we have 12 after 10?"
"I don't think so, but why would you want to do that?"
"I don't like 11. I got a shot on 11"
We all laughed.
Mommy asked - "But what will we do with 11"
"We will put it in the bad number box"
Remembrance Day
It was remembrance day and when Ashir came back from school he had a poppy sticker on his shirt.
"So what happened today at school"
"Nothing" - Standard answer when he doesnt want to talk, his eyes were set on his toys
"Where did you get this sticker then?"
"Oh this was given at the assembly"
"Assembly?"
"Yes, the teacher told us about soldiers"
"Soldiers?"
"Yes, when soldiers die they go to war"
"What?"
"And when we die we all go to the same place"
"What, did your teacher tell you this?"
"Yes and then teacher gives us this sticker"
"Oh OK"
"But mommy?" - came a puzzled look on his face
"What is a soldier?"
"So what happened today at school"
"Nothing" - Standard answer when he doesnt want to talk, his eyes were set on his toys
"Where did you get this sticker then?"
"Oh this was given at the assembly"
"Assembly?"
"Yes, the teacher told us about soldiers"
"Soldiers?"
"Yes, when soldiers die they go to war"
"What?"
"And when we die we all go to the same place"
"What, did your teacher tell you this?"
"Yes and then teacher gives us this sticker"
"Oh OK"
"But mommy?" - came a puzzled look on his face
"What is a soldier?"
Monday, November 1, 2010
Onety
Ashir is learning to count and recognize numbers. He had a good handle till 30 and then his Mommy took him all the way to 100. Looks like he developed some logic in his mind to recognize the numbers pretty fast.
Yesterday, Neena asked me to test his number recognition. I started writing on a practice white-board and he did pretty well... until...
I wrote "49"
"Forty Nine"
"Good", now I wrote "64"
"Sixty four"
"82"
"Eighty Two"
"97"
"Ninety Seven"
I was wowed, then..
"13"
"Onety-Three"
"17"
"Onety-Seven"
I understood his newly built logic and then wrote
"40"
Sure enough came the expected answer
"Forty-zero"
Yesterday, Neena asked me to test his number recognition. I started writing on a practice white-board and he did pretty well... until...
I wrote "49"
"Forty Nine"
"Good", now I wrote "64"
"Sixty four"
"82"
"Eighty Two"
"97"
"Ninety Seven"
I was wowed, then..
"13"
"Onety-Three"
"17"
"Onety-Seven"
I understood his newly built logic and then wrote
"40"
Sure enough came the expected answer
"Forty-zero"
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