do your little ones know stuff they shouldnt?

silverharp

ok , so I'm showing junior (aged 4) some youtube clips of some of the space scenes in BSG, where the ships appear out of nowhere, and he asks what are the flashes, so I try to explain that they "jump" from one place to another and he says "you mean like holes in space"

I had to do a double take , how te hell did he know that? might be the random musings of a 4 year old but left an impression none the less

IsThatSo?

Think "sponge"

Kids are amazing

nesf

Sponges indeed. Kids are born with certain instincts (rules of thumb actually) that help them deal with the physical world. It's why optical illusions work, for those who are interested, the brain is pre-loaded with short cuts for working out where objects are in respect to other objects and depth perception and such.

There have been some very interesting experiments done with children as young as six months where they are shown "magic tricks" where objects disobey gravity and such, even at this young age the children register surprise when such things happen, and this is long before said children would develop any learned understanding of gravity etc.

Khannie

silverharp wrote: »

ok , so I'm showing junior (aged 4) some youtube clips of some of the space scenes in BSG, where the ships appear out of nowhere, and he asks what are the flashes, so I try to explain that they "jump" from one place to another and he says "you mean like holes in space"

I see a future sci-fi writer or physicist tbh. /me is impresed. I thought you meant bad words when I read the thread title.

nesf

Khannie wrote: »

I thought you meant bad words when I read the thread title.

Same here.

taram

Wow, that's pretty impressive deduction by him! (and props to you for starting him on good tv )

I was talking to a 6 year old in work who had a can of silly string in his hands and asked him was he okay because he looked traumatised, he turned to me with big eyes and said 'i'm scared to use this because of the ozone layer'!

silverharp

Khannie wrote: »

I see a future sci-fi writer or physicist tbh. /me is impresed. I thought you meant bad words when I read the thread title.

we'll see , Star Wars lego is the big thing at the moment, but he'll have to cut out the role play where "Dark" Vader and R2D2 are friends:)

indeed , I meant shouldnt be able to know

deisemum

I too thought this would be about bad words or sex.

I'm still shocked from a couple of weeks back that my 11 year old knew exactly what teabagging is?

They learn such a lot in montessori and school these days but I think tv can have a big influence.

IsThatSo?

I had to google teabagging

Oh well, at least I will know what it is before my child does :pac:

deisemum

IsThatSo? wrote: »

I had to google teabagging

Oh well, at least I will know what it is before my child does :pac:

I had to do the same as I'd missed out on Sex and the City :rolleyes:

we'llallhavetea_old

my then four yr old daughter came out with a mouthful about how breathing in air helps the heart beat and pump the blood around the body! that was a shocker!

Soul Cake Duck

we'llallhavetea wrote: »

my then four yr old daughter came out with a mouthful about how breathing in air helps the heart beat and pump the blood around the body! that was a shocker!

As yes but she has the best teachers no?!!

we'llallhavetea_old

Supercroc wrote: »

As yes but she has the best teachers no?!!

well i mean i cant argue with that! welcome back to boards by the way!

Crumble Froo

we were talking about quitting smoking at work, and one of the women, a grandmother, told me her grandkid (somewhere in the range of 3-5yrs) asked to her to please give some serious thought to giving up smoking, as it would make her lungs turn black and shrivel up and she'd die and that she didnt want her nana to die. then wanted to know how long of not smoking before her lungs would turn big and pink again.

Ickle Magoo

My three yr old had a nightmare last week & woke up crying, she was telling us all about it at breakfast. She said a crocodile was chasing her so she sellotaped herself to a star which was so bright, when the crocodile looked up, it couldn't see her.

Her four yr old brother snorts & tells her "Don't be silly, crocodiles legs are too short - they couldn't get up the stairs to chase you".

Myself & their father were watching this exchange open-mouthed.

The Big Red Button

My eight year old sister announced today that she doesn't believe Santa exists and she thinks our parents just buy the presents and leave them under the tree. I know she's not very young to stop believing, but I'm still devastated She's still a firm believer in the tooth fairy though!

She also got into a big philosophical debate with her aunt a few days ago - my aunt was trying to persuade her to marry for money, not love, and my sister put up a very good argument about how you'd never be happy that way, it was very amusing to listen to!

GerardKeating

silverharp wrote: »

ok , so I'm showing junior (aged 4) some youtube clips of some of the space scenes in BSG, where the ships appear out of nowhere, and he asks what are the flashes, so I try to explain that they "jump" from one place to another and he says "you mean like holes in space"

I had to do a double take , how te hell did he know that? might be the random musings of a 4 year old but left an impression none the less

A little while back i was browsing the web, listening to the BSG soundtrack with my (then 4 months old) son resting in my arms, "All Along the Watch Tower" started playing, and suddenly he got restless and agitated...

Should I be worried ???

Tordelback

Our three-year old regularly leaves us open-mouthed with his observations, although I know it's just all kids with their hoover-like brains.

After a first viewing of Star Wars Episode I at the weekend, he announced that Anakin Skywalker could speak Spanish. I started to disagree, but he was adamant that he was speaking Spanish to the other podracers. I then copped that for a good chunk of the film Anakin does indeed chat to Watto, Sebulba etc. in (subtitled) Huttese (or whatever that language they use on Tatooine is called). That's a pretty subtle conclusion for a monolingual kid - if I don't understand it, it must be Spanish!

nesf

I did some experiments and found that my three year old with headbang and play air guitar to Scandinavian Death Metal...