All About Your Child

We were driving home after the Mothers’ Day celebration at my in-laws’ on Sunday night….

Keatkeat: “Mommy, D-U-C-K is ‘Duck’.”

Me: “Mm.”

Keatkeat: “T-R-U-C-K is ‘Truck’.”

Me: “Yes.”

Keatkeat: “Mommy, ‘Duck’ and ‘Truck’ rhymes right? Because both have ‘U.C.K.’?”

Me: “Yup.”

Keatkeat: “Mommy, what is ‘B-U-C-K’?”

Me: “Its a male deer. Male means boy-boy. Female means girl-girl. So ‘buck’ is a boy-boy deer.”

Keatkeat: “Mommy, then what is ‘F-U-C-K’?

The kids were sitting at the back, so Keatkeat didn’t see our jaws dropped! Allan and I looked at each other, speechless. I nudged Allan and gave him the ‘honour’ to answer that.

Allan: “Keatkeat, where did you learn that from?”

Keatkeat: “I want to find more words to rhyme with ‘Duck’. So I change the letter in-front. So ‘Fuck’ rhymes with ‘Duck’ right?”

I was giggling away as Allan continues….

Allan: “Keatkeat, its a vulgar language. Don’t learn. Not good.”

We were expecting him to ask ‘What is ‘vulgar?’. Surprisingly he didn’t. Maybe because Allan had already said that its ‘Not good and shouldn’t learn.’

I just hope he will NEVER say ‘Fuck rhymes with Duck‘ if his teacher EVER ask the class ‘Ok, children tell me all the words that rhymes with ‘Duck.”

*laugh*

Yesterday, my MIL was especially pissed when my 2nd BIL and SIL didn’t come over for the usual Sunday gathering. MIL forgotten that this week was exam week for my eldest niece and it is a common practice that the family DO NOT COME OVER during exam week.

Being the only child, all hopes are pinned on her, and so is pressure. *sigh* 2nd SIL insisted that she told my MIL, but MIL can’t recall. Lots of food remained untouched during lunch and she didn’t like it; even though NONE of us minded eating the same yummies again for dinner.

I’m not a parent who is very academic focused when it comes to my kids. I did pretty well in school, I should say, but it was because I had NO pressure from home to perform well. *laugh* Its the same for my sis too. I think this weird genes runs in the family. The only tutor she ever had was because SHE WANTED TO BE TUTORED; whereas most of our friends were sent to tuition centers because THE PARENTS INSISTED.

Keatkeat and Binbin are not in Primary School yet. Keatkeat will be, next year. Then, will I become another person? Will I start giving him pressure too? Will I become like my SIL, not going over for family gathering during exam weeks?

I don’t know. I hope not.

Allan said “No, we should never be.”

I agree. Cos’ the old folks are really old and you never know when will it be the last gathering.

Piority. Piority. What’s yours? Family or not? There is never right or wrong. Life is just full of too many grey areas. If life is as simple as black and white, living would be too boring. Everyone has different piorities in life.

Sometimes you may think, “Oh please, its just for a week, what harm can it do?” But what if that week was the last, will you live with regrets?

I would.