Comments on: Don’t Let the Baby Face Fool Ya!? http://blackandmarriedwithkids.com/2009/11/24/dont-let-the-baby-face-fool-ya%e2%80%8f Promoting Positive Images of Marriage and Parenting Since 2007 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ronnie http://blackandmarriedwithkids.com/2009/11/24/dont-let-the-baby-face-fool-ya%e2%80%8f/comment-page-1#comment-20474 Ronnie Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:38:15 +0000 http://blackandmarriedwithkids.com/?p=6995#comment-20474 This is a great post and I must admit that I have under estimated all of my 4 kids at one point in time when they were toddlers. My three year is currently in daycare and I had no idea that she new her Months until she sang them for me. I was like wow. She just moved to the 3 year old class in August and I had no idea all of the wonderful things she learned in that short time. Now when our 7 year old does her homework, our 3 year is also at the table doing homework too. With my older kids I continue to challenge them. Especially when the teachers are not challenging them or holding them up to higher standards. With my teenager, I often get things like the teacher does not care about spelling or grammer or neatness...but I always tell him that I care about the quality even if the teacher does not. I make him re-write his homework if if is sloppy and I make him do his math problems without the calculator even though he says the teacher allows it. This is a great post and I must admit that I have under estimated all of my 4 kids at one point in time when they were toddlers. My three year is currently in daycare and I had no idea that she new her Months until she sang them for me. I was like wow. She just moved to the 3 year old class in August and I had no idea all of the wonderful things she learned in that short time. Now when our 7 year old does her homework, our 3 year is also at the table doing homework too.

With my older kids I continue to challenge them. Especially when the teachers are not challenging them or holding them up to higher standards. With my teenager, I often get things like the teacher does not care about spelling or grammer or neatness…but I always tell him that I care about the quality even if the teacher does not. I make him re-write his homework if if is sloppy and I make him do his math problems without the calculator even though he says the teacher allows it.

]]> By: Anna http://blackandmarriedwithkids.com/2009/11/24/dont-let-the-baby-face-fool-ya%e2%80%8f/comment-page-1#comment-20450 Anna Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:44:25 +0000 http://blackandmarriedwithkids.com/?p=6995#comment-20450 Staycee2 said: KARMA!!!! Just last night my 3 year old going on 4 year year old was sitting on the couch with me (while I was watching Mya on “Dancing With The Stars”)counting to 20 and saying his ABC’s!!! Then all of a sudden he started counting backwards TOO MY SUPRISE!!!!!!!!!! Then he goes to the kitchen to tell me what time it was, looking at the digital clock on the stove!!!!!!!!! He said it’s 8 3 3 (8:33), I can’t wait until Xmas, because I plan to purchase play toys as well as educational toys!!!!!! We really do underestimate them!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~ King James thanks. We do get tired and forget what our encouragement use to be. We know kids are sponges. I want to buy my granddaughter on the way "My baby can read" CD's, am I pushing it. Kids these days are tv smart, music smart and dance smart because of too much cable. I don't want my granddaughter to know the words and sing along to "birthday sex". I don't even know the song but my youngest told me that little ones are singing "birthday checks". Still not a good look to me but it could be worse. Staycee2 said:
KARMA!!!! Just last night my 3 year old going on 4 year year old was sitting on the couch with me (while I was watching Mya on “Dancing With The Stars”)counting to 20 and saying his ABC’s!!! Then all of a sudden he started counting backwards TOO MY SUPRISE!!!!!!!!!! Then he goes to the kitchen to tell me what time it was, looking at the digital clock on the stove!!!!!!!!! He said it’s 8 3 3 (8:33), I can’t wait until Xmas, because I plan to purchase play toys as well as educational toys!!!!!!

We really do underestimate them!!!!
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King James thanks. We do get tired and forget what our encouragement use to be. We know kids are sponges. I want to buy my granddaughter on the way “My baby can read” CD’s, am I pushing it. Kids these days are tv smart, music smart and dance smart because of too much cable. I don’t want my granddaughter to know the words and sing along to “birthday sex”. I don’t even know the song but my youngest told me that little ones are singing “birthday checks”. Still not a good look to me but it could be worse.

]]> By: Staycee2 http://blackandmarriedwithkids.com/2009/11/24/dont-let-the-baby-face-fool-ya%e2%80%8f/comment-page-1#comment-20437 Staycee2 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:52:54 +0000 http://blackandmarriedwithkids.com/?p=6995#comment-20437 KARMA!!!! Just last night my 3 year old going on 4 year year old was sitting on the couch with me (while I was watching Mya on "Dancing With The Stars")counting to 20 and saying his ABC's!!! Then all of a sudden he started counting backwards TOO MY SUPRISE!!!!!!!!!! Then he goes to the kitchen to tell me what time it was, looking at the digital clock on the stove!!!!!!!!! He said it's 8 3 3 (8:33), I can't wait until Xmas, because I plan to purchase play toys as well as educational toys!!!!!! We really do underestimate them!!!! KARMA!!!! Just last night my 3 year old going on 4 year year old was sitting on the couch with me (while I was watching Mya on “Dancing With The Stars”)counting to 20 and saying his ABC’s!!! Then all of a sudden he started counting backwards TOO MY SUPRISE!!!!!!!!!! Then he goes to the kitchen to tell me what time it was, looking at the digital clock on the stove!!!!!!!!! He said it’s 8 3 3 (8:33), I can’t wait until Xmas, because I plan to purchase play toys as well as educational toys!!!!!!

We really do underestimate them!!!!

]]> By: King James http://blackandmarriedwithkids.com/2009/11/24/dont-let-the-baby-face-fool-ya%e2%80%8f/comment-page-1#comment-20434 King James Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:57:44 +0000 http://blackandmarriedwithkids.com/?p=6995#comment-20434 I've always thought about how we challenge our youth so much at the early ages and then dwindle off considerably as they get older. :-( good stuff HH. Have you seen him be interested in a certain 'subject/topic' yet? you know what? Mama used to Clothe me With appreciation Tummy Tickles and Flood me With high fives Even though my high five Was a low five For her Letters and numbers a breeze look mom! I can read! Take Tim’s truck toward the tweed We smiled and laughed . . Now she only says good job And subjects change I knew times different would come Just now… learning as aint fun sigh I’ve always thought about how we challenge our youth so much at the early ages and then dwindle off considerably as they get older. :-( good stuff HH. Have you seen him be interested in a certain ‘subject/topic’ yet?

you know what?

Mama used to
Clothe me
With appreciation
Tummy Tickles and
Flood me
With high fives
Even though my high five
Was a low five
For her
Letters and numbers a breeze
look mom!
I can read!
Take Tim’s truck toward the tweed
We smiled and laughed
.
.
Now she only says good job
And subjects change
I knew times different would come
Just now…
learning as aint fun
sigh

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