I have a handful of friends on social media with young children and they will post videos and pictures of their kids doing all of their parents' favorite activities and the parents, naturally, get so amped about it.
To me though, it seems obvious that the kids would like the same things because I have a hard time believing the kids have been exposed to alternative activities.
Examples: I have a friend obsessed with football and a specific team. Their living room is fully decked out in this Fandom. 4 yr old kid also "loves" football and this team.
Another friend and her husband are obsessed with Halloween and scary movies. Their 5 yr old also "loves" Halloween and scary movies. They couldn't be more proud.
A different friend is a beautician and loves all things fashion. So does her little 5 yr old. She and mom are always getting nails done and shopping, etc.
A friend who is in a rock band and exclusively listens to punk, and other sub genres of rock. His 4 yr old has a mowhawk and "loves" rocking out with dad. Awesome!
I have 2 friends that are both high school art teachers and their 5 yr old loves drawing (kinda weak example, since most kids love drawing, but this kid is especially creative and has all the art supplies at home that anyone could think of).
I'm not trying to rain on anyone's parade here, I genuinely think it's great to see my friends loving being parents, but to me it just seems obvious that these kids would love whatever their parents are into because those are the activities that they're choosing for their kids to do. It just feels like the way my friends come off about it is like "I can't believe my little kid loves all the same stuff as me!" But I don't think it's surprising at all. Am I a jerk for thinking this way?
Submitted September 18, 2019 at 07:13AM by funky_kaleidoscope https://ift.tt/2IckouV
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