Let’s put a disclaimer right up at the beginning of this post. I am NOT putting a finger on anyone here alright. The purpose of this post is to explain how fast children absorb like sponges on what they see and hear and implement them.

Alright here goes…

Every Sunday night when we leave my in-law’s place, my boys are often armed with a whole new set of jagons, new actions, new thoughts.

Sad to say, 90% of the time I do not like their new ‘weapons’. They are words of abuse like “you got no brain ah?!”, “Eeee…..Molester!”, “Pervert, go away!”. Hence, on the car trip back, I had to re-wire their thoughts and straighten their languages.

It has become a weekly routine for me now.

Yesterday, for the very first time, Keatkeat was cracking his fingers. I stopped him and asked, “Who taught you to crack your fingers?”

Keatkeat: “Papa.”

Papa: “Huh?! Me?! When?! When did I teach you to crack fingers?”

Keatkeat: “I see you crack your fingers before.”

Papa: “But did I teach you? I do it does not mean you can do it.”

Keatkeat: “But you are my Papa, I learn things from you.”

Papa: “What I did not teach, you don’t learn.”

To me, hearing this is so confusing to the child. Every parent is the child’s idol. I have said this umpteen times. In fact, I should add one more sentence: Every person whom the child loves is a teacher to the child. The child just mimic whatever he sees and hears the person whom he loves do and say.

So please, watch what you do infront of your children. Mark what you say infront of them, even though its NOT spoken to them. Children are like our mirrors. Do you like what you see in your Child? If no, then you know there is work to be done. Children Absorb like Sponges – you have been warned. *wink*