Punk
at three and a half
We
got a note from his teacher
I
mean, he’s only three and a half
It’s
the sillies, she said
he’s
got the sillies
he
won’t settle down
and
do his work
he’s
just too silly
having
too much fun
he
doesn’t seem to know
what
is socially unacceptable.
I’ve
been wondering what would happen
all
this freedom he’s been having
I
never say no
unless
it’s
morally wrong
or
physically
damaging.
So
this is how he turned out
too
silly.
What
is socially unacceptable, anyway?
I
ask.
Playing
in his food.
Interesting,
I say, considering
his
favorite friend is an artist
and
she calls food art
and
Hershey’s syrup food paint.
Maybe
he’s making food art?
And
about his hair
maybe
it would be better
if
he didn’t get it cut so short
it
disrupts the class
the
children gather ‘round him
what
did you do to your hair?
they
ask
and
they all want to touch it.
Oh
my God
they
want to touch him?
He’s
the one who wants it cut so short
do
you think it could be
he
likes to be touched?
So
this is how he turned out
too
silly
having
too much fun
and
he likes to be touched
What
is socially unacceptable
anyway? (c) 1984
If you're the child of a writer you can expect that at some point you will be written about. It's easier when the kids are young. It gets harder as they get older. I'm not sure why that is. Maybe when they are younger it's expected that the parent will have opinions. When the kids get older those opinions are more open for debate. And it's not that you don't want to debate them. Just not with your kids.
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