K's world view

Hello! Sorry, that I have been absent for so long. I was busy with school and subbing. I finished my Specialist in December and started my Doctorate in January; so needless to say I have been a bit busy. I will try to do better about posting. :)

Now for the story:
It's summer and the fun has begun. Anyone who knows me, knows that I have a horrible fear of water. All of my  sisters and I were done a terrible disservice as children and never taught how to swim. (Thank you momma!) I don't do pools, lazy rivers, splash anything, nope; that's why they have a father and friends whose parents that know how to swim. With all of that being said, I made it a point as a parent to not let my past impact my children. I have made sure that all of the children learned how to swim. H, C took lessons. M came to us swimming like a fish, so she was easy! Now all I have left are Z and K. (Lord, give me strength.)

Z and K have been going to lessons since school has been out, so for about four weeks now. They are doing so well. I am so proud of them. They, have little fear when it comes to the water, so this experience is relativity easy. I did have to pass on the "Show Parents What We Are Doing" day at the pool. I just got my hair done and I was not about to wear a shower cap to the pool. No, wait I would have; but daddy saved the day and took the littles for me. (I think he sensed my anxiety about being in the water.)

Alrighty, so the real purpose of the story. The other day K and I are talking about something, I can't remember exactly. K wanted to know why she wasn't allowed to have any of my *yuck juice* (wine). I simple told her that it was illegal for littles to drink the *yuck juice*. The conversation that follows is unedited and taken verbatim:

K: I hate that everything's illegal. 
Me: Like what things? K: Like walking around and taking stuff you want and when people walk when there's no sign you should be able to go. It would be their fault if they got hit. Me: So you want to steal and run people over?? K: Umm kinda. And there should be no jails. They don't make any sense. Me: Umm....so where would all the bad guys go??? K: Straight to hell. 
Me: *Speechless. 

She is FIVE. We attend church, the littles love going to Sunday school. At this age pretty much everything is literal in their world. When you explain something to a child you have to be a little crafty with your words. When I explain things to the littles Z is very literal, so I often find myself over explaining things to him. He will tell me to stop halfway through my explanation and say, "Ok, mom, I got it. You make things way too complicated sometimes." Ok! With K, she seems to take what I say and turn things upside down and spit them back out to fit K's world view. K's world view is NOT like anything I have every come in contact with. This little lives in a world that operates on her terms, which means if K doesn't like it then it has to go. I think most children view the world according to themselves. They have all the bits and pieces that we give them, church, family, school, friends and much more to put into their world and they manipulate it into a world that works best for them. I know that K is making the world around her work for her and if jails don't make sense to her, then alight. It will be rather telling if she ends up being a police office or attorney, who gets to send 'bad guys' to jail. I guess at that point her world view would have changed a bit by then.

Be kind and love each other!