“That lady has big, red hair, doesn’t she?”
“That man has a very big beard.”
“There’s no seats for the brown man, are there?”
Aghhh! It has begun. The wanting to shrink or dissolve or evaporate into nothingness as my toddler makes observations about the people around him. Accurate, they are. Truthful, they are. Innocent, yes. A bit too loud and socially not quite on the mark? Absolutely!
My sister asked me if I had told him off; explained that it is not the right thing to do, to make these observations in an audible manner. But, no, I didn’t. He is not observing with menace, simply using his quickly developing language skills and desire for conversation to comment on the world around him. “Yes, you’re right,” I told him. ”There are not many seats left on the train.”
