Ever have your children ‘interfering’ in a fight\/quarrel<\/strike> debate you have with your spouse?<\/p>\n
As Zara grows older, she becomes more ‘involved’ in the adults’ conversations and tries to include her opinion of things.<\/p>\n
Sometimes, we speak in Cantonse so that she won’t understand and she\u00c2\u00a0will remain quiet; but when the discussion becomes a bit too Last week, the below happened :<\/p>\n Daddy was angry with some small fault of Jelly, our Filipino maid. He was giving a lecture to Jelly over dinner, and I was getting a bit annoyed (dinner time in the house always ended up being a time he reprimands the maids). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n Can’t remember what I did, and Daddy made the remark.out of hand<\/strike> heated, she’ll say, “Shhh.. Shhhhh Daddy.. Shhhh Mummy.”<\/span> she actually helps to clear the tension that’s building in our conversation, and helps straighten my knotted brows.<\/p>\n
\nMe : “Next time I’m going to have my dinner earlier before you come home. So stress eating dinner like that.”<\/span>
\nDaddy : “So, you think I should just shut up is it?” <\/span>
\nZara : *matter-of-fact-ly* “Yah, Daddy. I think\u00c2\u00a0you should shut up and just eat your dinner.”<\/span>
\nDaddy : *jaw dropped for a moment* “Oh, Zara, please don’t get involved in this.”<\/span>
\nMummy : *stiffling a giggle* “See, your daugther also tells you to just eat your dinner.”<\/span>
\nWe never used “shut up” on her before, so I guess, she doesn’t know the\u00c2\u00a0‘seriousness’ of the phrase at all. She probably thought Daddy was yakking too much, and ought to stop and have his dinner.\u00c2\u00a0 \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n
\nDaddy : “Are you\u00c2\u00a0nuts or what?”<\/span>
\nZara : *Quickly went over to Daddy and told him*“No no no. Mummy is not nuts. Daddy is nuts!”<\/span>
\nI was stiffling a laugh, thinking to myself, that’s really sweet of her to defend me.
\nZara : *added* “Daddy is Nuts. Mummy is Bread.”<\/span>
\nMe : Huh?<\/span> (now, it doesn’t make sense)
\nZara : *continued* “Daddy likes to eat nuts ma, so Daddy is nuts. Mummy likes to eat bread, so mummy is Bread.”<\/span>
\nMe : *roll eyes*
\nStill, Daddy is nuts<\/em><\/strong>, not me, that’s the important point.\u00c2\u00a0 \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n