Reason #56 Why TV Isn't That Bad After All
Scene: Me and Little Guy on the floor with his toy train.
Little Guy: Mommy, can you put my train together for me?
Me: Sure!
Five minutes later I'm still fidgeting with the goddamn thing.
Little Guy: Gee, this is exasperating!
Me: What did you say?
Little Guy: This is exasperating!
Me (to hubby in the other room): Did you hear what he just said??! He used the word exasperating in a sentence.
Silence
Me: I said, did you hear what he just said? Don't you think it's really advanced that he just used the word exasperating correctly in a sentence?
Husband: That's from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Donald says it all the time.
Hell. And all this time I thought TV wasn't good for him. What was I thinking?
Little Guy: Mommy, can you put my train together for me?
Me: Sure!
Five minutes later I'm still fidgeting with the goddamn thing.
Little Guy: Gee, this is exasperating!
Me: What did you say?
Little Guy: This is exasperating!
Me (to hubby in the other room): Did you hear what he just said??! He used the word exasperating in a sentence.
Silence
Me: I said, did you hear what he just said? Don't you think it's really advanced that he just used the word exasperating correctly in a sentence?
Husband: That's from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Donald says it all the time.
Hell. And all this time I thought TV wasn't good for him. What was I thinking?
posted by Cristina @6:04 PM
12 Comments:
ahh, i feel so much better.
But if Donald says it, wouldn't it be exathperating?:)
I know - once Mickey showed me how to put together one of those toy trains. Totally worth having the Mickey Mouse theme song in my head all day.
My best friend swears her daughter learned to read from Wheel of Fortune.
no. srsly. Jack is doing the same thing - and I couldn't be happier about our television consumption as a result.
*slaps one up-high with C*
I so agree. My 8 year old just told me yesterday that t.v. makes her smarter. Works for me!
Love it! My kids learn Spanish from Dora. 'Aint nothing wrong with tv.
I know... its amazing what they pick up from TV! Little Bear remembers EVERYTHING she sees on the TV. Some of it isn't exactly educational though. The other day she woke me up saying, "I have a stuffy nose and a headache! I need some Children's Claritin Clear!" And later she asked me, "Is Juicy Juice really the very best juice for the very best kids?"
you're kidding yourselves. you know that, right?
anon - yeah my post is tongue in cheek. that said, my kid IS watching tv right now
Ha! I can relate! Hey, I wonder if I can set the language selection for the TV to Italian?
Hi, I just linked to you from technorati and this reminds me of a time my daughter said to her friend, "you can believe in your dreams, but FIRST you need to believe in yourSELF" She's four and I was dumbfounded until I heard Strawberry Shortcake repeat the exact phrase the other day.
AHA! They are too cute.
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