In this episode, Rudy is working on another school project and reluctantly accepts Vanessa’s help. Vanessa criticizes her drawings and suggests that she cut out some pictures. Not specifying where she should find those pictures, Rudy decides to cut the pictures out of Cliff’s encyclopedias and prized bird books.
Cliff: (to Rudy) Is this dinner any good?
Rudy: (long-faced) Yes.
Cliff: What are we having?
Rudy: Chicken.
Cliff: Is it the same chicken that was in this book?
Teaching kids good judgment is a challenge and they can take things so literally. When I asked Son #1 to “take out the garbage,” he took the garbage bag out of the house and set it by the garage. He took the garbage out, but he did not put the garbage in the garbage can. When I asked Son #2 to pick up the clothes in his room, he left his socks and pjs on the floor…apparently, they are not considered “clothes” in his mind. He also threw all of the clothes – clean and dirty – in the laundry basket.
I am trying to figure out the puzzle which is the mind of a young boy and figure out how to best communicate with them. I suspect that, if I am successful, I will have discovered one of the holy grails of parenting.
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