It is back to school time, and I saw a few little kids in the shops pulling the oldest tricks in the newest ways. It reminded me of the ways I used to do the same thing. My question is this: do children really think that parents are stupid?
For example, there are two pairs of scirrors - one plain, one pretty and funky. The child says: "but the teacher says we have to get THAT one!"
I can remember saying exactly the same thing. I also remember that my Mom would sometimes let me get away with it, and sometimes not. But I can't remember if I thought she was really that silly as to believe that the teacher had specified a coloured or pretty eraser instead of a plain white one. HA HA
The same thing happened just yesterday in the shop with a small child. She insisted that Mom would always buy THAT cereal for breakfast for her specially for school, and not the plain one. Now consider this: does she really think that the Dad has never paid attention to what she eats? But he did buy it for her.
It was very cute watching the parents weighing up which things to let their children get away with and which not. At the end of the day, I think it was all fairly well done, and the children didn't get away with murder, so I guess it is all good.
I just wonder if I really thought that my parents didn't know I was trying to pull one over on them?
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