3yr old - Puts forth his case...arguing with his mother!

[HipChick]

..arguing with his mother about getting Cupcakes...

but at Grandma's I can do whatever I want...

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[magical thyme]

1. and to think how they probably celebrated his first words!

sooooo glad I don't have kids!

[hamsterjill]

5. Yeah, I'm glad he's not coming to my house for Thanksgiving.

Cute for a minute, but the cuteness wouldn't last long IMHO!!!!

[CanSocDem]

2. He calls his mother "Linda..."??? n/t

[Agschmid]

3. It's a "parroting" behavior...

It's a funny video but it shows how the adults around him interact, and there is nothing wrong with that.

[UTUSN]

16. I would substitute "something" in "there is nothing wrong with that" (instead of "nothing") n/t

[Agschmid]

17. He will probably turn out ok.

We all raise out kids a little bit differently.

[handmade34]

18. it is "parroting" behavior...

and there is something terribly wrong with what is parroted... I would suggest that nobody in that family takes time to REALLY listen to each other or really respects the other...

[blueamy66]

22. I read that his parents taught him their names for safety

reasons....if he ever got lost, for example

[Arugula Latte]

4. "Honey, honey, lookit..."

Terrible parenting yielding funny results for the rest of us!

[DebJ]

6. "This is not up for discussion" after second time; third time, time out. n/t

[MissMillie]

12. I have a boyfriend that never lets me get a word in edge-wise

That's what this kid is going to be in 40 years.


(Trying to have a conversation is like trying to pass a bill through both houses of Congress.)

[HipChick]

15. I had a boyfriend like that..

that's why he's my ex..

[rug]

7. I hopr he doesn't sign up on DU in a few years.

GD would stall the entire site.

[AnneD]

8. Call me old fashioned....

but I didn't find it all that funny. The kid is going to have real problems when he is in school. They will have problems when he is a teen.

I hate to even think what my Mom would have done if I had called her by he first name. I would still be picking plaster out of my hair. One advantage with having kids when you are older is that you can see done the road. What is cute at 3 can get you in a world of trouble at 13 or 23. Some things you can't negotiate.

[Brigid]

9. I see your point. Really I do.

And it's also true that this video would not have been made when I was three, even if YouTube had existed, because the "discussion" would not have gone on nearly this long -- at least not at my house.

But still, this is freakin' hilarious!

[AnneD]

10. Hilarious from the stand point ...

of thank god that is not my kid. I was a single mom (as was my Mom) and I did not have time to debate an issue.

Yeah, I am LMAO that this kid isn't my headache and I am glad I am retiring from public education. I have had to deal with way more of these precocious, precious pook'ems than one should..

[KatyaR]

11. I think this kid will be running for office at some point in his life.

[UTUSN]

13. Holy Zeus, it's going to be Hades for another 15 years. Then he's going to be a lawyer, a politician

or some other obnoxious being like a radio talkshow host.

[UTUSN]

14. I'm just a Dem if not nothing, so Bill KELLER of the NYT in 2000

He was an a-hole, said his 3 yr old skewered Al gore by saying, on seeing GORE on t.v., "GORE is a BORE, GORE is a BORE!1"

We all know that 3 yr olds only PARROT what they hear from their significant ones. But KELLER put that out there.

[Ms. Toad]

19. So a parent is seriously trying to discipline her child

While videotaping him to put it on You Tube?

No wonder the kid is being a pain. He's been taught it is cute. I see trouble in their future.

[Raffi Ella]

20. yup

exactly. I have a hard time finding this even the least bit funny mostly b/c it's contrived. and if that kid acts like that with teachers or his friend's parents they won't think it's cute. Those parents are doing their kid a big disservice.

[riderinthestorm]

21. Wow! I see a very, very gifted mimic. "Linda! Honey!" I could visualize Dad saying that

That said, this kid is way over due for some manners about interrupting, talking back, begging for treats, talking to mom that way etc.

[orleans]

23. agree about the interrupting, talking back, manners business

i don't think it's a good thing that he gets away with the "linda, linda, linda" and "linda honey" either.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

24. And people wonder why I don't want kids!