Today, I exposed my many young children to a variety of live viruses. Otherwise known as lunch at McDonalds, complete with the playland experience. I'm pretty sure we are in the incubation stage of swine flu.
Potentially even hepatitis.
I like to call this the "natural" way to vaccinate children and produce viral anti-bodies. Not that I am against vaccinations--I am actually all for them, as polio (unlike airbrushed t-shirts) is not high on my list of things that I would like to see return. I am, however, against the time and energy and mental stamina it takes for me to drag four children to the pediatrician to get said vaccinations. That's what well visits are for.
But, despite the visible amoebas and the fact that I once witnessed a child have a blowout diaper in a McDonald's playland (the horror)...the kids had a lovely time.
I will also note, that it makes for an interesting case study to watch what young children do when presented with a life-sized Ronald McDonald statue. All behaviors witnessed were inappropriate/violent, in the 45 minutes I observed.
Not sure what this says about the generation we are raising.
Or their capacity for misplaced rage, when confronted with immobile, defenseless victims.
Or their tolerance for clowns.
Or their desire to make-out with not only anything that moves, but also, a lifeless piece of plastic (thank you, 12-year-old girls).
On a positive note, it appears children are EXTREMELY untrusting of adults dressed in costumes, in a kiddie play area (minus the 12-year-old hormonal girl incident). It seems our smear campaign against child predators dressed as friendly mascots is working.
On another side note, my google search for photos of Ronald McDonald produced a plethora of inappropriate images. It appears behaviors witnessed by 4-year-olds today definitely carry through to adulthood.
Wow. What is with the desire to abuse clowns?
Potentially even hepatitis.
I like to call this the "natural" way to vaccinate children and produce viral anti-bodies. Not that I am against vaccinations--I am actually all for them, as polio (unlike airbrushed t-shirts) is not high on my list of things that I would like to see return. I am, however, against the time and energy and mental stamina it takes for me to drag four children to the pediatrician to get said vaccinations. That's what well visits are for.
But, despite the visible amoebas and the fact that I once witnessed a child have a blowout diaper in a McDonald's playland (the horror)...the kids had a lovely time.
I will also note, that it makes for an interesting case study to watch what young children do when presented with a life-sized Ronald McDonald statue. All behaviors witnessed were inappropriate/violent, in the 45 minutes I observed.
Not sure what this says about the generation we are raising.
Or their capacity for misplaced rage, when confronted with immobile, defenseless victims.
Or their tolerance for clowns.
Or their desire to make-out with not only anything that moves, but also, a lifeless piece of plastic (thank you, 12-year-old girls).
On a positive note, it appears children are EXTREMELY untrusting of adults dressed in costumes, in a kiddie play area (minus the 12-year-old hormonal girl incident). It seems our smear campaign against child predators dressed as friendly mascots is working.
On another side note, my google search for photos of Ronald McDonald produced a plethora of inappropriate images. It appears behaviors witnessed by 4-year-olds today definitely carry through to adulthood.
Wow. What is with the desire to abuse clowns?
3 comments:
It's his hair...decidedly way too effiminate for a male clown.
AND Redheads everywhere are ashamed of the color...
i am laughing so hard I am crying...
so funny and so true!
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