Tell me how you really feel, Jack
In case you can't see the above picture, it is an art project Jack brought home from school. They asked the kids what they wished for and the teacher wrote it down. My child's says, "I wish I liked my mom."
My first reaction when I saw it was to laugh, because I figured they said "What do you wish for?" and he thought wishing was similar to liking, so he said "I like my mom." At least that's what I was going with until I saw his art teacher at a PTA meeting tonight.
I asked her what the heck and told her how I thought it was funny, and she said he really did say that and his teacher felt bad for writing it that way, but it was what he said. I kept a fake smile on my face while she said she heard his dad was away for work and that we had a new baby at home, so maybe this was his way of telling us how he felt.
Oh my holy hell. My 4-year-old is going passive-aggressive on me through art projects. Not so funny anymore.
I still think he said he liked his mom, not that he *wished* he liked his mom. But wow, really looking forward to the conference this Friday even more now.
Labels: Jack, Kids Say Funny Shit
posted by Amy at
8:07 PM
14 Comments:
He's 4 - I'm sure he meant that he DOES like his mom. And if not - he's 4 so you TELL him what he likes!!!
There have been times where I wished I liked my kids.
I still loved them, sure, but not sure I liked them.
Fortunately, those phases tend to ebb and flow.
And in my opinion? If you aren't told at least once during parenthood by one of your children, "I HATE YOU!", you probably aren't doing your job properly.
This was meant to be encouraging...not sure that I achieved that. :) Hope the conference is helpful.
oh amy - i'm sorry - but i laughed out loud at this - I know, you probably think I'm mean now. I'm not totally sure that he really understood what that meant in the same way WE understand it. I probably wouldn't sweat it too much, KWIM?
I hadn't even read anything but the picture and practically spit out my water. Even told my husband about it. good luck with the parent/teacher conference.
oh geesh. The teacher should have altered what he said, he wouldn't have known!
Oh man. I feel bad for laughing. *hug*
Chelsea
Oh Amy... I also laughed out loud...
And my story would be...
Jack is just proving he really is 4 going on 14.
Good Luck with your meeting on Friday...
oh, Amy, that is rough! No matter what he meant, having to chat about with the teacher? Torture! gah!
I, too, laughed out loud! being a former teacher of 4 year old kiddos, I can say that this is par for the course. my daughter wrote when she was 4 that she wished my sister was her mom- this is still the subject of many a conversation at family get-togethers! At least your son WANTS to like you... :)
He loves you- don't worry.
**good luck with the conference tomorrow.**
That had me laughing and laughing! I had my 5 (now 6) year old tell everyone how her mom gave her away because she didn't want to be a mommy. Er, great. But see...she's adopted...and I wasn't the one who gave her away. You can imagine the looks I got the next time I set foot at her school!
That's a keeper for his wedding day!
I'm sorry but I think that is too funny!! I'm sure he did not mean it - there is no way!!! Can't wait for the update from today!
My daughter told the teacher we didn't have any food in our cupboards... meaning, no cookies, no chips, no junk food because I was fed up with all the junk they ate. We got a few bag fulls of groceries donated to us from our local food pantry. Maybe Jack's school will donate free family counseling.
Oh man. Thank GOD you are not one of those PPDD moms who would drown their kids. Holy hell is RIGHT!
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