Sometimes when I'm watching nerd TV like the History Channel or National Geographic, I find myself wondering odd things. Take for instance the first humans... they hadn't developed language yet, right? So, how did they yell at their children? Perhaps that's when "no" was invented. Think about it... the little baby cave boy is about to climb onto a big boulder that is sitting next to a cliff. The mom has to say something to stop the baby cave boy from falling off he cliff. What does she say? Ga? Gor? Oooo? I'm thinking she does one of those long, drawn out "Nooooooooooo's."
But as I was thinking about baby Neanderthals, I began to think about living back in the Dark Ages or the Middle Ages or the Bronze Age. It doesn't matter. All the important "ages" were long ago and I'm pretty sure they all pretty much sucked. Did parents (especially moms) nag their children like we do today? What was it like being a mom back then? Did she analyze her every parenting move? If I say it this way, then he might actually listen to me. I think we need a chore chart.
I wonder what mom's sounded like back then...
- Timothy, I'm telling you for the last time. PUT YOUR BOW AND ARROW AWAY. NOW.
- Elizabeth, I don't care if your friends are playing sticks and stones by the river, the laundry has be done. Today. We only have 2 pairs of clothes for each person.
- Time to wake up, kids! The bright, shiny thing in the sky is on.
- You don't like my cooking? Well, you try making sheep stomach and oats taste good.
- No, you may not hang around with the boy from the family living next to the creek. They're barbarians.
Now that you are imagining a family living back in 500 BC (or 1300 BC), think about this...
Has parenting gotten more complicated or have we made it so by over-analyzing every single thing we do and say to our kids?
Yeah, I think about this stuff too much. I gotta get out more.
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