My fourteen-month-old daughter was watching this horrifyingly horrifying kids show this weekend, Yo Gabba Gabba. One of the lesson segments was: “Don’t bite your friends.” Complete with chant and everything:
Don’t…Don’t…Don’t bite your friends!
Sage advice to be sure, but it seemed somehow incomplete, especially since the segment that followed wasn’t, “or anyone else.”
Enemies and strangers beware.
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#1 by davis on August 24, 2009 - 10:43 am
I guess it’s easy to think that instruction is common sense, but children need to learn these things.
#2 by petermlopez on August 24, 2009 - 12:02 pm
Indeed. I think children taken things literally, so if you don’t say, “or anyone else,” then you’re just asking for trouble.
#3 by watchmancurtis on August 24, 2009 - 10:58 am
I’m laughing because I’m with you. Let’s not bite anyone…not just our friends!
#4 by petermlopez on August 24, 2009 - 12:03 pm
…and that’s all I’m saying.
#5 by Joel on August 24, 2009 - 11:11 am
But, what if it is sometimes necessary to bite your enemies? I mean, if it is needed? Like if someone tries to take away your internet connection.
#6 by petermlopez on August 24, 2009 - 12:06 pm
No, Joel, don’t bite anyone (he says waiving a stern finger). Not at 14 months, maybe when she’s old enough to write a blog, I might lift this restriction, but for now, hush. No biting. No exceptions.
#7 by Bitsy Griffin on August 24, 2009 - 8:46 pm
I can’t imagine that angel biting anyone – except for sore gum relief of course
#8 by Peter on August 25, 2009 - 2:20 pm
Oh, no, of course not…it’s the other kids we need to be worried about.
#9 by mondaymorningreview on August 24, 2009 - 11:09 pm
Dude — you’ve got me laughing out loud with that one.
I think we need to turn this into a Discipleship Course at church!
#10 by Peter on August 25, 2009 - 2:20 pm
Sounds like fun. Maybe next semester.
#11 by Becky on January 22, 2012 - 3:22 am
I never thought I would find such an everyday topic so enthranllig!