Kids are cute.
Their evading actions after an argument could be pretty funny. They watch until you are gone and they would run to the kitchen to slip into their little mouths big helpings of what earlier they stubbornly refused to eat. They come out of hiding from under the covering of a bed sheet when they think you are asleep. The petty comments, coming from immature emotions and minds, told to the other parent or a grandparent, even a sibling, could sound entertaining.
I know because I was a child once. I taught kids and thus I know their act.
Imagine a grown person doing the same. Not to the extent of a bed sheet or a dash to the refrigerator. But the hide-and-seek tactics just to avoid meeting you. Plus the spiteful personal comments against you. Insignificant it seemed but mean, little jabs that are completely unrelated to the subject of dispute.
Childish character could be endearing when it comes from a child. Spiteful kids, to an extent, could be engaging. Adults? The same image? Hmmm…
Kids I could understand, but an adult I could not.
What to react? Anger? Oh no… not that. Initially it may be. Narrow-minded adults are not worth a crumb of emotion. Well… maybe… pity? After all, they never left their childhood behind. The nasty part of it anyway.
Their evading actions after an argument could be pretty funny. They watch until you are gone and they would run to the kitchen to slip into their little mouths big helpings of what earlier they stubbornly refused to eat. They come out of hiding from under the covering of a bed sheet when they think you are asleep. The petty comments, coming from immature emotions and minds, told to the other parent or a grandparent, even a sibling, could sound entertaining.
I know because I was a child once. I taught kids and thus I know their act.
Imagine a grown person doing the same. Not to the extent of a bed sheet or a dash to the refrigerator. But the hide-and-seek tactics just to avoid meeting you. Plus the spiteful personal comments against you. Insignificant it seemed but mean, little jabs that are completely unrelated to the subject of dispute.
Childish character could be endearing when it comes from a child. Spiteful kids, to an extent, could be engaging. Adults? The same image? Hmmm…
Kids I could understand, but an adult I could not.
What to react? Anger? Oh no… not that. Initially it may be. Narrow-minded adults are not worth a crumb of emotion. Well… maybe… pity? After all, they never left their childhood behind. The nasty part of it anyway.
3 comments:
Whoa..I can almost feel the hot steam from here.. :D
Jen, I want to affirm what a great person you are--kind, thoughtful, will go out of your way to help others. A person who doesn't see you that way is unfortunate, or maybe childish. The growing up won't be from your end. :-)
Thanks Beng (kahit late na ang reply ko:- ), hehehhe)...
Gina, hot steam is decreasing (kasi nga late reply ako... hehehe)... time does heal some wounds.... i hope i will be able to write soon that everything is okay ...
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