I’ll let you in on a little secret- every kid does cringeworthy stuff. But is there anything to my concerns?ĭear Care and Feeding: My Husband Thinks I’m Turning Our Kid Against His Cultureĭear Care and Feeding: My Pregnant Daughter Is Going to Kill Her Baby With Her Crazy Exercise RoutineĪsk a Teacher: I Just Discovered My Child Is Telling Me Lies About School My partner says her little shows are annoying but harmless and that I’m probably just looking for a reason to get out of this portion of the evening.
I worry she may think that when people gather socially, she is entitled to exploit a captive audience. Lately I wonder if by playing along through dozens of these performances I am helping to create a world for this child in which she thinks she can demand attention and praise with no correlation to skill, talent, improvement, imagination, or preparation. I would gladly play a game with her or some other activity to replace this “tradition” in which we seem to have gotten stuck.
I find them hard to sit through, but I dutifully watch, listen, smile, and applaud. I like this kid, but I can’t stand these performances. Every single time we visit them we have to sit through an ad-libbed show in which she sings off-key and spasms arrhythmically to Kidz Bop, mouthing and mangling adult lyrics she doesn’t understand. Slate Plus members get more Care and Feeding every week.Ī couple my partner and I have known since college has a 10-year-old who loves to perform for an audience, but has no talent.
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