Writer’s Workshop: You Can Say that Again
Tiger girl and Me
Being a kid really has lots of privileges which evaporate once you become and adult. What that used to be tolerable or dismissed by others suddenly becomes unacceptable.
Here are some of the things that they can say and get away with.
- I can’t walk anymore.
(Translated- You have to carry me) - I have no hands!!
(Translated- I want you to serve me- feed me, get my things for me) - I don’t know how to do it. It’s too difficult
(Translated- I want you to do it for me) - Why is he so fat? He needs to go on a diet.
- You must be at least 100 yrs old right? You’re seriously so “OUT”(dated)
(Translated: Go away you old person. You bug me!!) - I’m only a kid!!
(Translated: I’m not expect to understand this and don’t wish to understand it too..cut me some slack!!) - Why are you not married?
(Translated: Darn.. I lose out on another opportunity to collect red pocket money from you during Chinese New Year.) - No.. I cannot sleep alone.
( Translated: I prefer to sleep on your bed with/without you) - Mummy I like the bracelet that you are wearing. I want the exact same one.
(Translated: I want your bracelet. Give it to me.)
* To prevent this from happening again I’ve gotten exact copies of Mom and daughter bracelets for Tiger girl and me.
Are your kids like my kids?
What are the things that your kids
say and get away with?
April 10, 2014 @ 11:48 am
Hahaha…. I like your translation. They are so true.
April 10, 2014 @ 12:59 pm
My kid at her young age seems to be doing some of this , although she can’t talk yet she knows what she wants and show it in her gesture then cry if she can’t get it.
April 10, 2014 @ 2:06 pm
Oour son used to say, “i don’t want to walk” when he wants us to carry him…
April 10, 2014 @ 8:42 pm
I love to listen to kids. They have absolutely no filter and their honesty is refreshing. My kids are teens now and have learned to filter (most of the time) and I sometimes miss the brutal honesty and openness of toddlerhood.
April 10, 2014 @ 9:01 pm
From the mouth of babes, i love it.
I drastically changed my hair colour last week and when anyone asked my kids what they thought of Mummy’s new hair they both said they didn’t like it. No one knew what to say after that.
April 10, 2014 @ 9:06 pm
All of these are soooooo true!
April 10, 2014 @ 9:21 pm
Ha. Yes, sounds familiar. Love #7 – gotta learn to be careful, kid!
April 10, 2014 @ 10:49 pm
Everything is so TRUE! I love number 9 my daughter always love to compliment me when I have new bracelet or earrings and ended up giving the jewerly to her. So cute, Sis:)
April 12, 2014 @ 2:38 pm
@Melgie,
Our gals are really very manipulative and they hawk our Jewellery 🙂
April 10, 2014 @ 11:21 pm
Very cute! Love the translations! Visiting from Mama Kats!
April 10, 2014 @ 11:23 pm
haha
My kids are grown now, but they still come up with a humdinger once in a while!
😉
April 11, 2014 @ 12:12 am
When my son was 4 years old, he was asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up”
He answered, “I want to be a baby forever!”
I guess, he knew he could get away with a lot of things while he was a baby and life was “so easy”!
Fortunately, now he is in first year college, and he changed his mind – he said he wants to be a doctor!…I do wish he will also try hard in his studies so he can become one… a long way to go, though!
April 11, 2014 @ 5:57 am
I remember those days well…
April 11, 2014 @ 8:49 am
Haha…my kids are still young so they don’t use a lot of those…however, they do say things they shouldn’t about other people without realizing like the fat comment. I have tried to school my children on ettiquete in that regard after hearing my son say someone was old and now they never say anyone or anything is old.
I enjoyed your writing!
April 11, 2014 @ 9:57 am
#s 1, 2, 6 and 8 are so real to me and my kids… almost everyday. Sometimes, I wonder when will they really grow up.
April 11, 2014 @ 2:01 pm
How nice it would be to be carried every once in awhile!
April 11, 2014 @ 2:45 pm
So cute. My son knows a lot of expressions and I am always surprise by what he says everyday. When we are studying, he will ask me to teach him when he cannot write the letters. He will tell me, “Mom, please teach me this.” But when he knows what to do he never allow me interfere on what he’s doing.
April 11, 2014 @ 4:40 pm
Lol #4!!! My kid, when he was really little, said “Someone smells bad” in front of a guy who was really sweaty and dirty at the park. Oh golly!
April 11, 2014 @ 9:32 pm
Haha! I love all of your translations. My kid, who’s 3 now, does the first most of the time.
April 11, 2014 @ 9:44 pm
Kids are sooo smart, dont you think? And even if they do sound smart-ass, you cannot stay mad at them for long haha
April 12, 2014 @ 2:39 pm
@Marie,
I agree..they are too smart for us sometimes can be a real headache trying to match up to their intelligence.
May 12, 2014 @ 12:02 am
Thats just the cutest! My little boy is just learning to speak so alot of the time its “I want” haha xx