What does this mean when parents talk about the kiddos like this?
Why do people use quotation marks when they talk about their kids sometimes. For example one might say that there four year old daughter “helped“ with a certain activity. Or, I rough House with my friends, but I “ rough house“ with my 7 year old. Or, my friend beat me in an arm wrestle because he is so strong, but, my seven-year-old beat me in an arm wrestle because she is so “strong”. Why do they use quotation marks sometimes and other times not? Use examples.
Also, why do people put the words for a kid after their sentences. For example, when play fighting with their child they might say that she puts up a pretty good fight and is strong, for a kid. Or when measuring her height, she is tall, for a kid. Or that’s pretty impressive, for a kid. That picture hanging on the fridge is very good, for a kid. Why do people throw in the words for a kid or for their age after they make the comment? Isn’t it diminishing? I mean, I have never heard anyone say that person is strong for an adult. So why do they do it with the children?
Also a kid flexes their arms and say something like, i’m going to take you down, or, when you were at the store and you were pushing one of the carts with a steering wheels and your kid says, i’m driving. what does it mean when the grown-up responds with, Ok, Sure, Kid ? Isn’t this dismissing the child?
Also, why do people put the words for a kid after their sentences. For example, when play fighting with their child they might say that she puts up a pretty good fight and is strong, for a kid. Or when measuring her height, she is tall, for a kid. Or that’s pretty impressive, for a kid. That picture hanging on the fridge is very good, for a kid. Why do people throw in the words for a kid or for their age after they make the comment? Isn’t it diminishing? I mean, I have never heard anyone say that person is strong for an adult. So why do they do it with the children?
Also a kid flexes their arms and say something like, i’m going to take you down, or, when you were at the store and you were pushing one of the carts with a steering wheels and your kid says, i’m driving. what does it mean when the grown-up responds with, Ok, Sure, Kid ? Isn’t this dismissing the child?
