Life with two kids: For the love of the mother

[andrewducker]

New behaviour from Gideon.

Every so often he'll see a small trinket he can spend some pocket money on. A waddle-dee or a Yoshi toy.

And he'll buy one, take it home, and carefully place it on Jane's bedside table, for her to enjoy.

Comments

[greenwoodside]

That's very sweet, and also interesting. I was certainly much too selfish to buy or create gifts for my parents at his age.

Do you know if there was some prompt, like a TV show or story, that gave him the idea? If not, he may be inadvertently advancing the case of Jean-Jacques Rousseau re human nature.

[andrewducker]

I'm not sure, but he also brings her flowers. And has arguments with Sophia about who is the best parent (he's firmly Team Mummy, so he might be trying to out compete Sophia for her affections).

[juan_gandhi]

He's a good boy!