Kids Are Amazing

At time kids will be little brats that will annoy you and do some of the craziest things that may make you want to scream at the top of your lungs Although I have to admit that kids are the most honest people out there. If you want to know the truth about anything, do not look to someone your own age because most likely they will lie to your face and you'll end up looking like an idiot. I decided to dye my hair a week before prom (I highly recommend for no one to ever do this) and after I rinsed the dye from my hair, I see that instead of it being the light brown on the box, it was blonde. If your hair color blends in with the color of your forehead it is not something you would be happy about. I asked my silblings how did it look and they said it wasn't that bad, and at the same time my 3 year old nephew said "Titi Kathy oh no, what did you do to your hair"! That's when I realized that if I wanted an opinion about anything I would always ask a little kid, and it's not only because they don't lie, but they notice everything.

Everyday once I get out of school I go to work at an after school program with a group of kids between the ages of 5-13. Sometimes I like to straighten my hair when I have time and when you have curly hair if you straighten it, it will be longer . So this little girl that is 10 years old comes in, and of course she notices right away that my hair is straight but she smiles at me and says "Wow Ms. Kathy your hair looks nice but next time you get a weave you shouldn't make it so long because now everyone knows it's fake". Trying to explain to her that it was not a weave after that was impossible, because she was convinced that real hair could not be short one day and long the next.

Another thing about kids is they won't forget anything either. Don't promise a kid something if you are not going to do it, they will remind you about it every five minutes until you do it. God forbid you do forget and you end up not doing it, they will hold it to you until you make it up to them. Also never and I mean never talk about something around a kid that you don't want anyone to know about, because they will repeat it and it won't be intentionally either. My friends and I at work have learned that the hard way by talking about our relationship problems when we think the kids aren't paying attention. We now see the little girls at work talking about the things they do with their boyfriends, and when we tell them to be quiet all they say is "Why were talking about our mean boyfriends just like you big girls do".