I think I just found my favorite blogger of the day -- Melody Townsel at the Daily Kos. Leah and I mentioned her blog on the radio show last night. Basically, the author's seven year old daughter said that Ann Coulter should go in to time out for the way she treated Elizabeth Edwards.
Now I could write about the newsiness or political aspect of the story, but what it really does for me is that it reminds me of how children are mirrors to ourselves. They absorb and repeat what they hear. Mostly from parents, at least at the stage where my daughter and I are -- toddlerhood. She's two and says the most interesting things. Sprinkles of Spanish from our trip to Guatemala and watching Dora the Explorer. Quirky sayings from her father and I. And somewhere along the way, she picked up a thing for crocodiles. Some days they are funny, and some days, like today, my green flip flops on the floor resemble the creatures a little too much. She ran in to the kitchen saying "Mommy, help, two crocodiles! I'm scared." I had to hold her while I removed the dangerous flip flops from the room. One day she may come running in to tell me to turn the TV off, she's scared of some crazy news pundit on the tube.
In the meantime, check out what Melody has to say on the Daily Kos and stop by Mother Talkers.com while you're at it. Mothers all around us are making insightful and intelligent observations about the world.
What about you? Who else needs a time out? Or what has your kid said lately that sounded just like...well, just like you?
(And is newsiness a Stephen Colbert word, or did I actually just make that up on my own?)
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