So I was just wondering, at what age do children generally start wiping their own butts after doing their bidness on the toilet?
I don’t have as large of a commenting readership as some of my favorite bloggers do, so if you don’t know, could you ask your readers? Pretty Please?
I’ll promise to show you something really embarrassing that I do with my margarine…
So today at school, I was teaching this really thought provoking lesson to my second and third graders during Social Studies…
Well, not really. We were introducing the new text book and were reading about the four different regions in California, desert, mountain range, coastal range, and valleys. And I was asking a very basic level question. One I believed all 7 and 8 year olds could easily answer.
SM: (in her best teacher voice) Now class, do you think that our city looked the same say… 15 or 20 years ago.
Class: Nooooo
SM: What do you think might have been different?
Class: Oh, oh, pick me, pick me!!
SM: Yes You.
You: People rode horses around instead of cars. Because they didn’t have cars.
SM: 15 years ago? Um, OK? Whatever. How about You#2 (one of the smarter boys in the class, truth.)
You#2: Well, back then our region was very smoky.
SM: (intrigued) Smoky? How so?
You#2: Well you see, Since they needed to communicate and there was no way to send letters, people had to send up smoke signals. It’s like their way of communicating.
SM: We’re talking 15 years ago You#2. Only 15 years. Are you sure?
You#2 in unison with the whole class: Ya, it’s true. (Wide eyes…serious look… and nods all around)
SM: Ok, Class… Let’ move on.
SM: (to self) Boy, we’ve got a long way to go…
Smiling Mom: BC, seriously. Get your hand off your peiner.
BC: Oh.
SM: Why, why do you always hold yourself??!!
BC: (Exact words) Well mommy, you see, I have these little cannon balls under my skin and they are itching.
Hubby: (Nodding his head.) You’ll get use to it kid.
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