What happened to my sense of humour?

[lordandrei]

I want to know how this wiring works between father and son.

Since having "A" I have discovered that I am an absolute pawn to media over small children.

Commercials with them make me contemplate the product. Movies with them make me defensive.

And don't get me started about Mufasa's death scene in "Lion King"

Recently, I've been watching "The

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[tedgill]

I suspect your sense of humor (or at least your sense of the macabre as it relates to children) will begin to return when A. is 13 or so and knows everything in the world and is happy to tell you so and you are thinking about devising new and astonishingly painful ways to stop his mouth and wipe that sullen-yet-superior look off of his impudent little face.

(Ah, the teen years - says Ted, having just returned from a weekend with his 13-year-old nephew-like-object)

[tygeressdenacht]

Actually it starts a lot sooner than the teens... there are many times that I want to strangle my 11 year old and she's even fairly well behaved.

[tedgill]

Yes, it certainly starts earlier -- about 9 for boys in our culture it would seem, and it just keeps simmering. And make no mistake -- D. is actually a charming and thoughtful child with a heart of gold. But the hormones and process of individuation can alter his behavior to a point which may yet prove lethal to the little twerp. ;-)

[fiannaharpar]

Dude, my daughter is five and she's started that.

[tedgill]

Oh, but she's just getting started...