One Mouthy Broad - A parenting conversation I never anticipated...

A parenting conversation I never anticipated...

Mar. 2nd, 2009 at 5:39 PM

I just had to explain to my five year old son the difference between Americans and Decepticons.

Sometimes being a parent is both hilarious and awesome.

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plutospawn wrote:

Mar. 3rd, 2009 04:27 am (UTC)

That is amazing. How'd it go?

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prisoner__24601 wrote:

Mar. 3rd, 2009 05:27 pm (UTC)

I'm not sure. I think there might still be some confusion about where Transformers fit in the grand scheme of things. Where I think we left it at was:

1. President Obama is an American (he learned this from class).
2. Both he, his friends, and his family are all Americans too (he learned this from me when I discovered he thought that the only person on planet earth who was an American was President Obama).

Therefore:

3. Decepticons are awesome (like President Obama, himself, his friends and his family) and therefore should be Americans too.

Or something. I'm waiting for the next leap of awesome five year old logic...

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nivenus wrote:

Mar. 3rd, 2009 09:00 am (UTC)

That sounds weird...

I couldn't comment really on the differences since I am far from an expert on Transformers lore (by experiences with the franchise are essentially watching Beast Wars a little as a kid and seeing the remake movie).

I imagine it was, as you say, an amusing conversation though... particularly given the way that five year old logic tends to work in my experience (both as one and as the big brother of one years back).

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prisoner__24601 wrote:

Mar. 3rd, 2009 05:30 pm (UTC)

Re: That sounds weird...

Oh yes, five year old logic is pretty hilarious and garbled, especially since this time Americans, Decepticons and President Obama all somehow got mushed together into one giant classification, lol.

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