My niece, Lillian, is three years old. She knows her alphabet, how to count to one hundred and one, and she is learning to read. She is a smart kid. And ummmm how does she choose to use this intellect you might ask? My niece, my Lillian, has decided to use her smarts to obtain every possible sugary sweet in my pantry. She has decided I will not give her "the best yum yums," so she pleads her case to her grandfather, her grandmother, her other aunt, and uncle...until somewhere down the line her story becomes so precise and empathetic that she gets her way.
It is adorable now. Everyone predicts she will be a lawyer, judge, perhaps even a journalist. Yet, I predict she will be a spoiled, rotten brat who will not take "no" for an answer. You see, she realizes "no" is answer, it is just not the right answer. For Christmas Lillian counted every single present under our family tree. Forty-two presents that she counted for an entire month. She named some of the boxes based on their wrapping paper, and she would rearrange the boxes by size and weight. Come Christmas Day she was beyond crushed to find she had only thirteen presents. She refused to open any presents until everyone allowed her to open her favorites; the ones she had named. Though, some of these presents were not her own.
I love my niece, and her little brain never will stop amazing me. She has my entire family, myself included, wrapped around her little finger. It is just wonderfully amazing that such a small little brain is already capable of distinguishing a goal and a means of reaching it. If only we were all that intelligent....
Wow Niki your niece is truly amazing to me in every way. I am stunned by how intellectually smart she is at the age of three. To be that smart at the age of three is amazing, she truly reminds me of one of my friends. His name is Russell and he is 17 years and already a sophomore in college. He was a lot like your niece when he was young very selfish and spoiled by his parents.
ReplyDeleteWhen kids are spoiled and don’t know the word no they grow up jaded and socially awkward. Today Russell is a very nice person but socially immature and struggles fitting in at times. What they need is to be loved but at the same time have limits to what they are given. It is up to her parents to change the way she acts and show her that her spoiled attitude does not work in the real world.
There is plenty of time for her to change and if she does she will fulfill her potential as a human being. The reason being, she will be able to use her immense intelligence to go to the college of her choice and get a job that will allow her to have a successful luxurious life.
A second thing that I got from your post is that you get very frustrated by entitled people. I definitely agree with you there because people like that are hard to get along with and are a pain in the ass!