Philosophical Conversation with my 5 year old.…..

[VooDoo Lady]

We pass by a police barricks on the way to my son's school.. This morning there must have been someone in handcuffs being taken out of the car when we passed by.....because my son says...

My son (J) - Mom…..bad guys can become good again
Me – yep, they sure can
J – do you know how?
Me – well……
J – you can do it by speaking love to them
Me – that would definitely work, J
J – but we can’t speak love without talking about God.
Me – definitely not…they are one in the same
J – we should speak God to them

He's 5 for God's sake.....sometimes this kid scares me....I often get the feeling I'm not talking to a five year old.....

Have I mentioned that he's the best kid EVER?

 

[WODIN]

You must be doing a wonderful job as a mother! Very COOL VDL.

 

[THeMaCHinE]

Hmmm... I was weeding in the lawn yesterday when a group of young girls holding a puppy approached.

"What are you doing?," they asked.

"Well, I'm weeding," I said.\

"Why do you hate dandelions?," they asked.

I stopped, thought for a moment and answered, "well I think it's a whole conforming to societal convention thing -- I don't personally have anything against dandelions."

They seemed to accept it and walked off without a word.

 

[VooDoo Lady]

Nope - I am a horribly incompetent mother, I fail him on a daily basis. He is an exceptional human being IN SPITE of me...not because of me..

 

[bigschweeler]

Nope - I am a horribly incompetent mother, I fail him on a daily basis. He is an exceptional human being IN SPITE of me...not because of me..

What kind of attitude is that? There are way more incompetent mothers out there.

You wouldn't want those words to become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

 

[pigginsly]

God lives through him...
Even when you think that you fail, you succeed....
That is what love is about..
Your son gets it...
I love it....

 

[pigginsly]

BUMP

 

[VooDoo Lady]

What kind of attitude is that? There are way more incompetent mothers out there.

You wouldn't want those words to become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I pick myself up, dust myself off and try again every day, bigschweeler, every day.......

He is an EXTREMELY strong-willed, intellligent person and he's very difficult to handle sometimes.....I know it sounds pathetic and hard to believe, but it's true.......It's hard for me to know when I should exert my authority (which is usually useless anyway) and when I should just let things slide...

He can manipulate and control me already and he's only 5.
But he also has a bigger capacity for love and compassion than anyone I know......he also has such a pure love for God that it makes me ache with love for him...



Oh what an interesting adventure! I've been chosen to raise him for some reason....

 

[Robert Jan]

Advanced convo for a 5 yr old indeed. but it does sound a little bit, how shall i say it, over religious to me you know. may be just cuz im atheist and think i feel i wouldn`t raise my kids with any faith and let them figure things out themselves.

I can understand tho hope you dont take offense.

If hes really so smart be ready for some weird stuff later on as well.

theres a kid in my class in HS who just turned 13. he skipped 3 years in primary school and still gets the highest grades of the class while working the least. hes a cocky lil bastard.

 

[bigschweeler]

He is an EXTREMELY strong-willed, intellligent person and he's very difficult to handle sometimes.....I know it sounds pathetic and hard to believe, but it's true.......It's hard for me to know when I should exert my authority (which is usually useless anyway) and when I should just let things slide...

He can manipulate and control me already and he's only 5.
But he also has a bigger capacity for love and compassion than anyone I know......he also has such a pure love for God that it makes me ache with love for him...

You should cultivate that "look of death". I could usually manipulate my mom, but my dad was another story. He had that one look that said "don't fuck with me son" and that was usually enough to put me in my place.

Nevertheless, you are in charge.

 

[b fold the truth]

Bump for a touching thread...

B True

 

[pigginsly]

Innocence is bliss!!!!!!