Some 5-Year-Old Antics
‘Cause our five year old, she’s always up to semantics.
We have a rule that Alex can only watch a certain number of shows a day, whether that’s on TV, On Demand through digital cable, DVDs, or other sources. And it must be said, she normally does a very good job of following this rule. But we have been engaged in a long-running dispute in which she thinks she has found an exception. The Nick Jr. website includes streaming versions of some episodes of their series, along with other video clips. These are are identified with a “Videos” button on the website. So I have had the following conversation roughly nine million times:
Master Bedroom. ALEX is seated at the desk, watching Nick Jr. on the computer monitor. Enter DAD.
DAD: OK, Alex, that’s your last show of the day.
ALEX: Daddy, it’s not a shooooow. It’s. A. Video!
Sounds like she’s already qualified to head out to L.A. and start denying residuals to actors.
About Dave Thomer
Born and raised in Philadelphia. Studied philosophy at Fordham University in the Bronx, where I made many great friends and met my wonderful wife. We moved back to Philadelphia, where I studied philosophy some more and became a teacher. Online and off, I'm looking for ways that we can be better citizens and build stronger communities.