One of the things my husband and I have noticed after observing our three boys is that in our gene pool there is a dominant gene for persistence.
My highly scientific research has uncovered this genetic material in 2/3 of my children.
I am not even sure that persistence is a strong enough word to describe this characteristic. It is often referred to in my house with the word perseverance.
As in the children are perseverating.
This manifests itself in Ryan(9) in many ways. When the boy sets his mind to something, watch out.
This manifests itself in Rhett(5) in his line of questioning. His natural curiosity leads to a question which leads to another question which leads to a follow-up question which causes him to think of another question which leads…yep, to another question.
The problem is that the questions are complex.
Yes or No will definitely not suffice.
My head just hurts thinking about it.
Tonight in the bath he looks down at his leg and asks, “what is a leg for?”
To help you walk.
Isn’t that what a FOOT is for?
That helps you walk too.
Why do you need BOTH a foot and a leg?
The leg makes the foot reach the floor.
Why do you need BOTH an ankle and a knee?
The kinesiology just works better.
Do you think I could look at the bone in the ear?
Why?
STOP the madness. I need a nap.
I am not the only family member who feels like they are on a quiz show 24/7. This was evident last night when we were watching TV. The Venus razor commercial was on and I didn’t think Rhett was watching.
The advertisement ends with the slogan “reveal the goddess in you.”
Rhett looked up and said, “what’s that?”
Ryan quickly stated,
Rhett. Don’t worry about it. You don’t have it.
Well and thank God for that, i mean, really… 🙂
You should hear the questions which stream from the mouth of the tween girl on the verge of womanhood, but believes herself as wise as a 45 year old master of life. Oh man… Wait, now that I think about it, SHE probably believes the Venus commercial is about HER… She’s made it quite clear she is the God of our house, at least…
Mine are quite similar in behavior. So many conversations I am unprepared for that i cannot redirect no matter how hard I try
It is the whys following the whats that get me in trouble.
The bus ride is where my kids get their “education.” I need to stay ahead of the game, so now I’m starting to let my kids watch some PG and PG-13 movies. Supervised of course. I figure, they might as well hear it while I’m sitting there. All I’ll say is, “Oops.”
This is when I long for the days of actual encyclopedias…I miss the days of “go look it up”! My oldest is a questioner, too. Sometimes though, it is worse when he tries to answer his own questions, because then he is never wrong!
Perseverating is one of my favorite words. Really!
But kids who perseverate are exhausting, there’s not doubt about it. Remember though that as an adult, what a gift that will be!
ha! I use it ALL the time. It just seems to fit my life.
genius. Ryan will always ask to “google it”, but I am afraid not to be supervising THAT activity!
I think that is a good idea…who knows what they are learning on the bus!
sooooo true!
We totally need a re-direct button.
hahaha!
Hey, you never know. There are times when my boy could out-diva Aretha Franklin. Could an inner goddess really be that far behind?
If this is what I have to look forward to with motherhood, count me in! That’s hysterical! It reminds me of the questions my nephew used to ask but his were odd and more like “why are tiaras meant for girls but crowns are meant for boys – aren’t they the same thing?” I’d much rather decipher kinesiology.
Those sessions usually end with me saying, “Because. Just BECAUSE, okay? I’ll give you five dollars to go play in your room for a while….”
Stubborn ihas such negative connotations. I prefer to call it goal oriented. I have 2 older girls that can be described as such and my almost 2 yr old daughter is following in their footsteps. Heaven help me, children exactly like me, LOL!
Hahaa, that is awesome.