Daughter: Can I watch cartoons?
Me: Not right now, I'm watching something.
Daughter: The news? Borrriiing. The news only shows dying.

Comments

1. Silph on 2005-11-30 20:50:05 wrote: perceptive girl..! funny how children can bring insight that should be so obvious.. but our adult minds just seem to miss out on seeing these things!

2. pete on 2005-12-01 00:33:10 wrote: anything that’s not cartoons, our daughter refers to as “news”. if i’m watching sports or a regular tv show, she will tell us “i don’t want to watch the news.” :)

3. Magnus von Koeller on 2005-12-01 20:58:09 wrote: You should listen to her, I think she has a point. ;)

4. admin on 2005-12-05 22:20:44 wrote: or the cartoons that are more violent than the news…

5. sweetney on 2005-12-17 07:30:32 wrote: well, she does have a point… i’m amazed she’ll let you watch any adult tv at all. my girl simply repeats “i don’t like this” over and over again (ala “are we there yet??”) when we’re trying to watch something adult, until we relent and put on freaking blues clues.

6. Martin on 2006-02-06 06:07:19 wrote: Undeniably true.