Monday, July 27, 2009

Delay speech

Here's my advice to all parents with babies who can't talk yet. Opposite to what other people might tell you for your own mental sanity do this: Delay your kids ability to talk for as long as possible. I'm not really an expert in the field of linguistics so I'm not certain yet how to achieve this with Sebastian. I assume stopping to talk to him might at least help.

You might ask: "Why, that sounds cruel? You are depriving your children of their right to articulate themselves!" Well, the alternative would be that in a year we have a 7 year old, a 4 year old and a 2 year old asking us the most stupid questions imaginable 24/7. And believe me when you've gone through a car trip where you get hammered in Staccato while trying to concentrate on the route ahead with "Why does the prince marry the princess?", "Why is the princess so pretty?", "Is body slam or body check the stronger Pokemon attack?", "What das Galvatron transform into?", "Are we there yet?" ... then you know that you are not cruel, but only acting in self defense.

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