Fast and Furious

No, this isn't about the movie. The last few movies I saw were largely for my kid: Shrek and Osmosis Jones. At the rate our weekends go, the next movie we'll probably see will be Monsters, Inc. or Harry Potter, whichever shows first.

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Anyway. Tonight, at dinner, Adi was feeding himself ever so slowly. At 5, I figured he should really be left on his own so I was determined not to help him at all. He was taking such a long time though, that I was getting quite impatient. His lola (grandmother), started to ask him after awhile: "Do you want your mom to scold you?" "Scold" was a new word for Adi so he asked what that meant. Lola explained by saying that it meant that I would get mad at him for not eating and feeding himself properly. "Furious?" Adi then retorted. All the adults laughed. I guess we all didn't expect such a word from a 5-year old.

My husband says that the number of synonyms one has for a certain word reveals whether something is important in your environment. Like the Eskimos have several words to refer to snow. Have we been getting mad too often at Adi lately? I suppose not.

[By Angelica Viloria | Thursday, November 1, 2001] [an error occurred while processing this directive]


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