Good artists should be banned...

[lewisnotmiller]

...they're confusing my daughter. I tried to explain to her the other day that the colouring of various dinosaurs is commonly no more than a best guess (since she was telling me that Stegosaurus' came in about 28 different colours based on a whole lot of books she'd found, including one where he was bright purple and was friends with a T-Rex).

She agreed, and told me the purple one was clearly just for kids, then proceeded to fish out some very realistic drawings and tell me that was the REAL colour of a stegosaurus, since they were photographs.

'Errr...they're just really good drawings, kiddo...'

'Nope. Photographs. You can tell because they look really real.'

'So...err...they're drawings. With pencils...'

She proceeded to dump a packet of pencils and a piece of paper in front of me.

'Show me, then.'

Talk about misplaced confidence!!

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

LOL. Your daughter sounds like a very assertive young lady. Good job!

 

[whereismynotecard]

Tell her that humans and stegosauruses never existed at the same time, so there would have been no way for anyone to take their photos. Or find a really good artist and have them show her.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

LOL. Your daughter sounds like a very assertive young lady. Good job!

She is with me!!! She's an interesting character. She won't be pushed around, but she'll sometimes avoid situations where it comes to that. We've had some issues where people at school are being silly, so rather than get upset, or tell a teacher, or argue, she just shrugs and walks off on her own. But with me she'll happily tell me I'm wrong straight to my face. Wish she'd do a little more of that with people she isn't as close to. Just a LITTLE more, mind you.

My younger daughter, on the other hand, rules her kindergarten with an iron fist. And no...I'm not exaggerating. She has a pudgy little fist of iron, and you WILL play mummies and daddies when you're told, dammit!!

 

[lewisnotmiller]

Tell her that humans and stegosauruses never existed at the same time, so there would have been no way for anyone to take their photos. Or find a really good artist and have them show her.

That's the weird thing. She knows that already. Eventually I solved this by saying

'Who took the photo?'

'I dunno...somebody'

'Is it a very old photo? Did he take it with an iPhone?'

'Hmm...I think he photographed a dinosaur in the museum.'

'So...not a real dinosaur?'

'No...a statue.'

'Well, then...the colour of the statue is just our best guess, right?'

'No...that's the real colour. They wouldn't put it in the museum if it wasn't real.'

Since I didn't have to draw the picture, I left it at that, for now. I'd rather have her figure things out.

 

[freethinker44]

Here is proof.

 

[whereismynotecard]

That's the weird thing. She knows that already. Eventually I solved this by saying

'Who took the photo?'

'I dunno...somebody'

'Is it a very old photo? Did he take it with an iPhone?'

'Hmm...I think he photographed a dinosaur in the museum.'

'So...not a real dinosaur?'

'No...a statue.'

'Well, then...the colour of the statue is just our best guess, right?'

'No...that's the real colour. They wouldn't put it in the museum if it wasn't real.'

Since I didn't have to draw the picture, I left it at that, for now. I'd rather have her figure things out.

Sounds like she partially just wants to question everything, which is great. Always teach your kids to question everything. Now she just needs to start questioning the choices of the museums.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

Sounds like she partially just wants to question everything, which is great. Always teach your kids to question everything. Now she just needs to start questioning the choices of the museums.

Yep, I'm big on the questioning thing. I want my girls to feel free to question EVERYTHING, but I also want them to think about the answers given (ie. not just rebel for the sake of it) and to ask questions in an appropriate way.
It's a slow burn, but they're generally pretty good. I do worry my eldest will ask ME a million questions, but doesn't do that in other environments.

 

[whereismynotecard]

Yep, I'm big on the questioning thing. I want my girls to feel free to question EVERYTHING, but I also want them to think about the answers given (ie. not just rebel for the sake of it) and to ask questions in an appropriate way.
It's a slow burn, but they're generally pretty good. I do worry my eldest will ask ME a million questions, but doesn't do that in other environments.

Maybe it means she trusts that you're smarter than other people. Or she could just be shy.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

Maybe it means she trusts that you're smarter than other people. Or she could just be shy.

I have a close relationship with her. She's not exactly shy (she'll talk to anyone) but she seems to be a little...I dunno...guarded with others. Take her to a playground and she'll just go play with kids, no problems, but she never asks or volunteers her name, nor does she ask where they go to school or anything. She just plays with them, gives them a high five, then comes back. And she does the typical kid thing of thinking her grandparents and parents know a lot. We're working on that too...lol

 

[whereismynotecard]

I have a close relationship with her. She's not exactly shy (she'll talk to anyone) but she seems to be a little...I dunno...guarded with others. Take her to a playground and she'll just go play with kids, no problems, but she never asks or volunteers her name, nor does she ask where they go to school or anything. She just plays with them, gives them a high five, then comes back. And she does the typical kid thing of thinking her grandparents and parents know a lot. We're working on that too...lol

That's good too though that she doesn't offer information about herself to strangers, even if they are kids. I wish I could be as outgoing as a lot of kids are. Just going up to other random kids on a playground like that. I can't ever bring myself to talk to strangers unless I have to. I even feel anxiety going up to a cashier to buy something or ordering food from a waiter.

 

[Laika]

She might like to know that new Research shows Dinosaurs may have had feathers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feathered_dinosaur

including the Velociraptor.

That's one scarey looking chicken.