Wow! When did they get this smart?

Over the weekend, we went to see my parents and we ran into someone we hadn't seen in a long time. This man is a young parent who respects my opinions when it comes to raising children. To that extent, he invested a huge amount of money in a house in our neighbourhood so his children can go to the same school as Hans. His children are twins who recently turned 4 and will start Kindergarten in September.

As usual, he had a question for me. Should he be looking at a private French school for his children instead?! Before I could answer, Craigley jumps in to say that this father should get his children to learn the language he speaks! Why bother with French?! Canada has a couple of other second languages that are coveted more than French!!

This is a sensitive topic for me and in my opinion, French is the way to go! Isn't that the truly Canadian way?! It looked like it was going to be a good old showdown between Craigley and Momley. Then, something interesting happened...ASid requested that he be allowed to speak if his parents had done their bit. Since we were at my parents' home and since they enjoy an opportunity to hear their first grandchild speak, we let ASid have the floor.

This is what he shared. I can only summarize from memory.

It doesn't matter what school you send your child to or how much money you spend; if you are not spending time with your child, you don't know what they are learning or if they are learning. I know some kids who are from that private school who can't say a word beyond "Bonjour" in a conversation. I also know some kids from my school who are baffled with the same information every school year. So, just be a good parent.

There was a momentary silence and then the young parent says something like he should be consulting with ASid from then on. I couldn't agree more. I was so beaming with pride.

Then, we saw Hans' hand was up. He wanted to speak as well.

This is what he said. I actually remember almost every word of it.

Some schools are like Barbie dolls. Some are like Transformers and then some are like LEGO. What would you choose? You must choose LEGO because you can build Barbie dolls and Transformers with LEGO. So, you get everything.

We were all perplexed by his analogy, but then I could only beam some more.

When did the boys get this smart? Who cares? I am just glad they did! Thanks boys for a wonderful moment!