You can raise your son a Quaker, a vegan or a pagan; he’s still going to fight with his brother over an unused pen cap as though it were the Star of India.
You can kiss him every night and sing to him of milkweed and nightingales and give him his own doll and play kitty with him instead of Navy SEALs. Go ahead. He’s still going to make a gun from a toaster waffle and fire it across the table-even if he’s never seen a gun that didn’t squirt water and wasn’t shaped like a caterpillar.
This was in Wondertime magazine this month written by Jacquelyn Mitchard.
I just had to share these gems because they are SOOOO true. 🙂
So true. Darren has never owned a gun. Not even one that looks like a caterpiller and squirts water. If he gets around a bunch of other little boys, though, watch out. I’m having flashbacks of my younger brothers having shoot-em-up fights using my barbie dolls.
It is fun to watch the differences. During our playdates the boys are running loops around the house, playing sword fight with music shakers, paper towel tubes or the like. John typically has a tape measure, magnifying glass, binoculars or a screwdriver close by…just in case he needs to check something out. :o) Marcia