On 8 Jan 2006 13:26:09 -0800, jim rozen
wrote:

In article , Gunner says...

Which is sometimes harder than it might appear. While my granddaugher
is only 2...she is not much of an issue yet..

You might be surpised. My daughter was about that age in day care
while ms mulligan was still practicing. Apparently something untoward
came out of her mouth at one time (apparently she thought the phrase
meant "THANK you...") but it was an eye opener because we both knew
she had not heard it at home - we were actually quite careful about
language when she was at a tender young age, so there really was only
one place for her to have picked it up.

Kids listen *all* the time. They watch even more than they listen, too.

Jim

On that..I agree. I believe Cheyanne's first word was " ****". Clear
as a bell. Sorta set everybody in the room back a step..

She likes to watch Poppy (me) doing Stuff. She was a bit put off at
first by the noise of the machines at first..but now when she hears
em..even from inside the house..she runs to her mom or my wife and
wants to come outside and watch.

Ill have her welding, turning, milling and whatnot by the time she is
10. While the rest of the family got her girls toys..I bought her one
of those Fisher Price workbench thingies with the plastic bolts you
screw in and whatnot. She now puts in the bolts the right direction
every time, even with real one. Damned shame her dad never could
remember "righty tighty...lefty loosie"

Ill wait another year or so before disellusioning her by handing her a
left handed bolt and nut..... G

Gunner

The aim of untold millions is to be free to do exactly as they choose
and for someone else to pay when things go wrong.

In the past few decades, a peculiar and distinctive psychology
has emerged in England. Gone are the civility, sturdy independence,
and admirable stoicism that carried the English through the war years
.. It has been replaced by a constant whine of excuses, complaints,
and special pleading. The collapse of the British character has been
as swift and complete as the collapse of British power.

Theodore Dalrymple,