Yeah, I’ve been MIA for a while… I’ve been finally busy at work, after being bored to death with nothing to do in the past couple of months. Being busy at work is really a good thing. I’ve never felt so satisfied at work till lately.
However, with my head buzzing at work, my emotions could be hard to control. So Little Guy was at the end of my frustrations quite a number of times. But each time, I’m still able to exercise some self-control and also redeem myself before Little Guy feels starts to feel bad. I’ve reminded myself to be wary of what I bring back from work. I think I’m getting better at leaving the buzz behind, now.
Sigh! It’s tough being a parent isn’t it? When a child is born, he is literally a clean sheet of paper. He learns and picks up traits and mannerisms from the people and situations he sees around him. And being his parents, we teach him things unconsciously. Parents really need to be careful how they behave when a child is with them, otherwise, they might just see a mirror image of them in their child.
Little Guy has given us many surprises, some good and some bad. And each time we (Big Guy and me) will wonder where, how and why he says or does certain things. And sometimes, to our horror, we would realize that it came from one (or both) of us!
Big Guy is heavily prejudiced against women drivers and I fear Little Guy will be the same when he becomes a driver himself. You see, Big Guy is his official chauffeur and Little Guy is always safely strapped in the child-seat right behind him. So you can imagine how much he picks up from his daddy – the gesticulating at bad drivers, the condemnation of women drivers, and various phrases, including wah lau eh!
Now Little Guy hasn’t had the chance to apply all that he has learnt from his chauffeur daddy yet. But I baulk at the thought of the day when he can finally take to the wheel, and me sitting in there with a sense of deja vu – Little Guy becoming Big Guy, in more sense than one!
For some reason, even when Little Guy spends more time with me, I find that in many things that he does, and words and phrases that he uses (right down to intonation and pronunciation), he copies Big Guy! This is much to my chagrin, because I take pains to teach and to correct Little Guy when he speaks (whilst Big Guy happily continues his mispronunciation, monotones and Singlish).
Perhaps it’s a gender thing? That boys will tend to look up more to their fathers and copy them in whatever things they do?
Hmmm… just earlier today, Big and Little Guy were on the Nintendo Wii having a race. Big Guy uttered ‘Shit’ when he crashed and before I could shush him, you guessed it – Little Guy said ‘Shit’ too (his first time)!
We really need to keep watching our words and actions from now on.
