There are times in a parent’s life that make you step back a bit and consider things from a non parent’s point of view. You have to stop looking at things concerning your children as their parent and think about how (without the context of years of knowing a person as your child) certain things would appear. Maybe I watch too many lawyer TV shows or maybe I am just weird but suppose for a moment that I was on trial for being a bad influence on my children and the prosecuting attorney entered into evidence Exhibit A…
The daughter loves little plastic animals. She must have a hundred or so and she plays with them often. The voices she makes as she animates the animals are very life like, so much so that I have more than once came running into her room to see what was the matter when one of her animals were yelling for their daddy. Now, the above photo taken out of context might suggest she has a violent nature but in reality it was probably the protector lion carrying the bunny rabbit for some other logical reason (say the bunny was tired or ill – one can hope for the best here).
Imagine then that we are nearing the end of the trial and things are looking good for the defendant (in this case, me) and then the prosecutors whip out the smoking gun…
At this point in time I would have to lean over and whisper to my attorney (probably court appointed as I am an cheap skate) and suggest that we take the deal that the other attorneys offered us previously. Of course they would not take the deal at this point in time and I would smile (nervously) at the jury and silently resign myself to the truth that would soon be my life as the judge’s gavel came down.
Anyway, the daughter does have quite the imagination and I am happy for it. I am hoping that these scenes are more of a reflection of watching too many old cartoons (Betty Boop ends up tied to a railroad track quite often thankfully and animals tend to be friendly rather than enemies, even lions and bunnies). This is what I comfort myself with when I lie awake at night anyway.
Jon
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