Yesterday, I was at the park when this other Mom struck up a conversation with me. She was a nice woman (a little on the weird side) but she was quite a talker and was sort of making her way around the playground, telling her life story to everyone. I don't particularly mind people like this. Sometimes its refreshing to just listen and not feel like you have to think of something to say.
Anyway, she happened to mention how her little 2-year old only likes the swing for about a minute or two and then he always wants to get down. She didn't understand why he didn't like it more....yada yada yada... she quickly moved to the next subject. As she was telling me this, I looked over at her son who was sitting in the swing at a standstill. She was so busy talking to everyone that she wasn't pushing him at all. I thought that maybe I should tell her why he wasn't enjoying the swing, but I didn't want to sound condescending. Is there really a good way to tell someone that maybe their kid would like the swing if it was moving, without making them feel stupid? Yeah, I don't think so.
I wonder how long this poor kid will have to sit in a non-moving swing while his Mom wonders why he doesn't like it very much.
1 comment:
Haha! That's kind of funny. Makes you wonder what it is that we don't notice... :)
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