Defying Logic

Parenting 101

Logic is king, the world is illogical

As my little man turns into a school kid he gets exponentially smarter, especially since going to kindy his learning ability gets compounded. The problem then comes in that the more he learns the more he wants to know and the more he talks and talks back etc.

so back on the logic track, firstly the english language is full of totally illogical methodology and practices. So you constantly are "correcting" your child as they learn so that they communicate "properly". Unfortunately the rules change in different circumstances so its terribly hard to follow for the person learning it
Forever and a day you will hear kids saying catched instead of caught, being the past tense, so if I throw you something you catch it, in the process you are catching and when complete you caught it. How do you explain that when a chick comes out of an egg its hatching but when its out its hatched? why isnt it haught?
there is a pretty famous verse about this..

The English Lesson (version one)

We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes;
But the plural of ox should be oxen not oxes.
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.

You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice,
But the plural of house is houses, not hice.
If the plural of man is always called men,
Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?

If I spoke of my foot and showed you my feet,
When I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
Why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?

If the singular is this, and the plural is these,
Why shouldn't the plural of kiss be kese?
Then one may be that, and three would be those,
Yet the plural of hat would never be hose.

We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
But though we say mother, we never say methren.
So plurals in English, I think you'll agree,
Are indeed very tricky--singularly.

Phase II : Actions
so after the difficulty of the language comes the resulting actions
"Don't you dare smack your sister!" *Smack to culprit*
"Don't raise your voice at me!!!!!" *says the one yelling at the top of their lungs*

there is many cases of do as I say not as I do and especially the adults can do that but kids can't that never seem be 100% true. Often we get catched out by our kids and we change the rules so that we are no longer wrong, yet we get rather annoyed when our oldest child changes the rules for a game they are playing so that they win

Phase III : Tipping your hat

when they stitch you up good and proper you must admit defeat..

the other day Patrick was picking his nose and was promptly told :
"hey!, nobody wants to see that"
and his reply was
"fine then, I'll do it over here" and walked away where no-one could see him

I really couldnt argue with that logic