It's funny watching children grow up. they are at once The brightest and dumbest, the sweetest angels and meanest devils. I could go on but those of you who have children know exactly what I am talking about.
Let me illustrate for those who do not have kids or do not understand:
My seven year old is a rather bright boy. I did not realize how bright until a 12 year old neighbor girl came over and insisted on reading to our children. As I listened it became very clear that Joshua, my seven year old, not only read better than she did but understood at a much higher level than her. That was a year ago. fast forward to 2 days ago: my boy asks me, "What does ETC mean?" I explain the definition and then ask him to give me the context, so he starts reading the paragraph out of what he is reading and it dawns on me that he is reading Thomas Bulfinch's "The Golden Age of Myth & Legend "This kid is learning far too quickly" I think to myself with just a touch of fatherly pride. After a short time he asks me what brief means. I say "Read it in context" He does but this time its from "Perrault's Fairy tales. "Wow" I think to myself "My boy is really something!" I go to the back room to see whats happening on SRP thinking about bragging to all of you how bright my boy is when I hear, THUNK.....THUNK.....THUNK..... " Joshua, whats that racket? Stop that!" THUNK.....THUNK..... "Joshua, stop that right now!" THUNK....THUNK.... I get up to see whats going on and there is Joshua trying to shut the front door...over and over, but he can't because the deadbolt is in the out position! It never once occured to him to pull the dead bolt in. So smart and yet so far to go.