This is a conversation I heard between a mother with a 16 month old girl and a mother with an 8 month old girl. Both children seemed to be completely mesmerized with each other and began to try and communicate.
Mother 1- Wow, look at them. They're trying to talk to each other.
Mother 2- Yeah, kids these days are so smart.
That's true. Children these days seem to be a lot smarter. Well, with new brain stimulating Dora games and television shows teaching good behaviour, what else would one expect. However, I believe that in the end it is the parents that project morals and intelligence on to their children. This is what I though until I witnessed mother 2 giver her 16 month old daughter a stick of gum to chew. Sure, kids these days are smart, but are they smart enough to prevent their underdeveloped jaw muscles to make a wrong move and swallow that gum instead of chew it. The answer is no.
I just thought that this conversation was incredibly ironic since the mother is claiming children are smart and the parents are the ones with the stupidity.
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I don't think kids are getting smarter; they're getting more smart mouthed :)
That's also very true.
The reason why kids sometimes seem smarter is because we, not remembering properly what it is like to be young, are amazed that children are not entirely stupid and helpless.
Also, children act off of their base instincts, where as adults are always so calculating, they often forget their natural impulses and intuition.
I agree with Mz C, especially having younger siblings. They get too smart for their own good.
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