Not Your Usual Kid

Have you notice how everyone who writes about their child claims he or she “is not your usual kid?”

Every. Single. One.

Some of these children are brilliant: intelligent beyond their years. Others are moody, throw tantrums, cannot possibly entertain themselves unless someone else tells them what to do or, the opposite, seclude themselves in their rooms and play all alone for hours. Still others are unusually precocious.

Aside from children whose odd behavior manifests an unusual medical condition, frankly they all sound normal to me.

It makes me wonder what people think a “usual kid” is like.

I bet you were not your usual kid, were you? How freaky unique were you? Do tell.

 

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