this cracked me up, from ds

[rubidoux]

My ds will be six in september. I know that he understands a lot more than he acknowledges sometimes, but I had no idea that he was so tuned into this... A couple of days ago we were at a friend's house and my friend's dd was getting irritated bc she wanted a turn playing with the game that ds was playing. Then she says, "I'm gonna tell your mommy and she's gonna give you a time out!" And ds says, loud and clear (we heard this from a whole nother floor, lol) "My mom would never put me on a time out! She doesn't treat me that way!" And the way he said it, I swear he must understand why. :

It's so funny bc I often wonder what he understands about other parents -- like if we are on a playdate with a more traditional style parent and they threaten or punish or bribe. There's one mom in particular who's really harsh and I have asked him after we've been at their house what he thinks of her while trying not to feed him my opinion and he acts like she's just normal and fine. Then one night she said to her kid "I'm gonna throw away any of those toys that you don't clean up!" Her kid said to mine "Oh no! My mom's gonna throw away my toys!" and ds said "Wow! Your mom's so mean!!!" Loud and clear again. lol Made me wonder if he thinks it's none of his business if someone isn't talking directly to him about it. He obviously has an opinion. lol