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Take a look at this picture. It's from a Curious George book. Specifically, it is from Curious George Visits the Zoo. I find it hilarious. This is a children's book and it has a dude just casually smoking a cigarette. He's casually smoking a cigarette next to his own small child. Yes, it's an old book. I'm not saying it was publish yesterday, or even 10 years ago. It's like 25 years old, but it's still really funny.
The other problem I have is that I have a lot of trouble reading books to my son. Don't get me wrong. I'm not illiterate. I can read. I don't have trouble reading the books because the words in Curious George are too big for me. Nor is the storyline too convoluded and deep or anything like that. I also don't have trouble reading them to him because I don't want to. I love reading to him.
No, the problem I have is that I have trouble stopping myself from making sarcastic cracks. Like, when the man with the yellow hat says, "Wait here, George, and don't get into trouble. I mean, I totally trust you even though you have a history of doing nothing but getting into trouble. I'm borderline insane. I do the same thing over and over but expect different results. Yeah, come on you half retarded little monkey, let me leave you on your own and you can 'behave.'"
I can't really do that with him. I mean, first of all, it's ill advised to use words like "retarded" with a 3 year old. He also wouldn't really understand what I'm doing. I also really want to imply that George is poisoning other monkeys because he wants to be the alpha male and other gags like that.
I don't do that though. I stick to funny voices and occasional gags that a 3 year old can get. Mostly, I just read the text.