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[twilight33]

I just had one of the most extreme tests of my patience as a parent in modeling courtesy and respect.

Kieran's initial take on President's Day is that we'll all run for president on that day (we talk about voting and the election process a lot lately)

I explained that it was a special holiday set aside to be thankful for the good people who have been our presidents.

Kieran immediately replied, "Oh yes, and George Bush is currently our President and he is a good one."

Damned near amputated my tongue.

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[spaceling.livejournal.com]

How did you respond?

[nlguy.livejournal.com]

Ooh... them's fighting words in my house!

[northwardbound.livejournal.com]

I'm with Spaceling...how did you respond??? And when exactly has Kieran been talking to my sister? *grin*

Maybe Kieran just forgot to add a critical couple of words....'he is a good one to mock'?

[serenasheik.livejournal.com]

lol. that made my whole day :))))))))))

[twilight33]

I didn't have to because he continued talking about other things in February like seeing Grandma (he was looking at a calendar).

It's always a fine balance between knowing when to let stuff go and when to add input. Although Kieran's pretty aware of things I'm pretty sure the war (among other negatives) are not on his radar nor do I want them to be.

[twilight33]

They sure as hell have never been said in mine until today! I just remember Kieran's original opinion & consider it as a fluke to be discussed whenever he has US history in high school ;)

[twilight33]

LOL see above & his original opinion years ago. We have to work hard to filter most of the world out since he reads the paper with us, but I'm actually rather impressed he knows who the president is because I didn't know Ford.

[twilight33]

It's one I'll remind him of whenever he has US history in high school along with his original opinion almost 5 years ago ;)