Comments on: What kids learn http://deannahoak.com/2007/05/18/what-kids-learn/ SF/F Copyeditor Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:34:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: ckd http://deannahoak.com/2007/05/18/what-kids-learn/comment-page-1/#comment-62562 ckd Sat, 19 May 2007 17:06:18 +0000 http://deannahoak.com/2007/05/18/what-kids-learn/#comment-62562 <i>How is it that little kids learn how to tie your heart up with such beautiful ribbons?</i> I suspect it's a survival trait, as Jess Nevins implied. That way, you won't kill them when they take the top off a huge container of baby powder and start shaking it <strong>all over the house</strong>. Not that I would have done any such thing as a child, he says innocently. How is it that little kids learn how to tie your heart up with such beautiful ribbons?

I suspect it’s a survival trait, as Jess Nevins implied. That way, you won’t kill them when they take the top off a huge container of baby powder and start shaking it all over the house. Not that I would have done any such thing as a child, he says innocently.

]]> By: Jess Nevins http://deannahoak.com/2007/05/18/what-kids-learn/comment-page-1/#comment-62375 Jess Nevins Sat, 19 May 2007 01:28:19 +0000 http://deannahoak.com/2007/05/18/what-kids-learn/#comment-62375 Awww.... What--he hadn't done anything wrong, had he? *g* Awww….

What–he hadn’t done anything wrong, had he? *g*

]]> By: Harry http://deannahoak.com/2007/05/18/what-kids-learn/comment-page-1/#comment-62373 Harry Sat, 19 May 2007 01:16:39 +0000 http://deannahoak.com/2007/05/18/what-kids-learn/#comment-62373 The other day, my son leaned in very close to my ear and, in the faintest whisper he could manage, said <em>"burp."</em> It wasn't sweet, but we laughed and laughed. The other day, my son leaned in very close to my ear and, in the faintest whisper he could manage, said “burp.”

It wasn’t sweet, but we laughed and laughed.

]]> By: Susan the Neon Nurse http://deannahoak.com/2007/05/18/what-kids-learn/comment-page-1/#comment-62365 Susan the Neon Nurse Sat, 19 May 2007 00:29:57 +0000 http://deannahoak.com/2007/05/18/what-kids-learn/#comment-62365 Heh. I known that feeling as "The Book of Kells Syndrome". You fall behind on something, so you decide you will make up for the lateness by doing an extra good job. Little by little, you are so far behind that you would have to turn in one of the greatest works of art of all time to be even. Your son is a sweetie! Heh. I known that feeling as “The Book of Kells Syndrome”. You fall behind on something, so you decide you will make up for the lateness by doing an extra good job. Little by little, you are so far behind that you would have to turn in one of the greatest works of art of all time to be even.

Your son is a sweetie!

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