Kids Say the Darnest Things

I believe all mums, just like myself, share a 'love-hate' relationship with their child/children. Sometimes, kids are too frank for their own good. Recently, I had to wake up at the ungodly hour of 6am to cook the daily breakfast of oats with egg for the little one. When she tried her first spoonful, she showed total disdain for it. With tightly knitted brows and pursed lips, she let out an extremely blunt statement - 'Yucks, who cooked this? You? Not daddy? Not nice!' I had to goad a very reluctant child into finishing the bowl of oats and then soothe my bruised ego with a good hearty bowl of mee pok dry with lots of chilli sans the liver flushed down with a cup of hot Milo.

On another occasion, we slept late and had to wake up early the next morning. When I exclaimed casually that she had eyebags and dark circles, she retorted "You also have eye bags and dark circles Mummy, except yours are worse than mine". Now how's that for a morning wake-up compliment???

Why on earth do kids have to be so darn frank with their opinions? Could they not sugar-coat their words like all adults do? Do they not feel that Mummy had tried her best to cook the oats porridge just like Daddy would? Couldn't they show more sympathy for Mummy who had slept late and thus had dark eye circles?

Just like the American TV show with the same title.... Kids Say the Darnest Things.... It's true, trust me!