Funny how it comes back to bite you. A friend of mine (before having children) was a merciless teaser of other people - delighting in their embarrasment. Well, he reaped what he’d sown one day when he was standing on a crowded train platform with his 4 year old son.
In the kind of clear and loud voice that cuts through urban noise, his son looked up at him and said (with a perplexed expression):
“You’re not my Dad!”
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, Dom.
(Imagine the looks he got for that one.)
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Leah Maclean // Jan 18, 2007 at 10:42 am
This is great Pete! I can just see it now. It would have been real funny in an airport with all those hyper vigilant airport security staff
It reminds me of #7 from Rebel Dad’s Parenting Manifesto
7. Your No. 1 job is “role model.” Kids do not believe in “do as I say, not as I do.” On the contrary, they believe — at a staggeringly early age — the exact opposite. Kids are wicked smart that way.
Pete // Jan 18, 2007 at 4:32 pm
Yip, that sounds like the kids I know, alright. I actually had the privilege of posting on Rebel Dad’s lists of manifestos, though I completely misunderstood what he was looking for. (Great attention to detail, Pete!). All the others read like nice eaily accessibly lists of bullet points - while mine is the typical Pete essay/article type.
Maybe I’ll do it his way here soon??
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