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January 24, 2006
Remotely Educational
Realising that the t.v. remote is one of the most powerful inventions in the universe, Farizah has been tyring to unlock its secrets for a number of months now.
So far she hasn't gone far from just knowing what it does. The cable box contains many of their recorded t.v. shows including Boohbah, the Tellytubbies, Dora the Explorer and Little Einsteins. It spoils them to have tivo conveniences at the tips of their servants' fingers at this young age. So when Farizah couldn't get N's attention even by waving the remote 2 inches from her mother's face, I intervened.
I offered to receive the powerful device. Always trusting even before things get desperate, Farizah surrendered the remote. She turned to the direction of the t.v. as I pretended not to understand what she wanted. I put the remote down. After a few seconds, she looked and handed the remote back to me.
After a couple of times, she started to become irritated, but still wanted me to magically summon the show about two twin sister bugs joining the Dribly Dell singers.
As I took the remote from her one last time, I pressed the remote against the side of my face, and smilingly, I said "Hello? Is anybody there? Hello?" She lost it and cried a long wail. Even N thought it was funny. The remote was a rectangular grey plastic thing, sharing that same description with our phone.
It wasn't at all cruel: Last time I checked, it followed all the parenting rules, and there were around 26 life lessons in that 3 minutes alone.
Posted by quickness at January 24, 2006 02:12 PM
Comments
The hand is actually the babysitter's.
Posted by: quickness at April 8, 2006 11:28 PM