Nigel's cracking his knuckles
Your young children are your greatest fans, and they will think that everything you do, or say, is very cool. As a result, they imitate the good, the bad and the ugly.
They say lead by example, which is why as parents, you need to be very careful how you behave around them. Be polite and loving to them, to your spouse, family members and other people you encounter (e.g. waiters, friends) and they will grow up to be kind and courteous future citizens of the world. Be rude, brash and loud, and you'll wonder why they become delinquents.
They also pick up (building up to the pun) bad habits easily, like nose-digging, finger-nail peeling and knuckle-cracking. Bad habits that parents (well, the father in our case) has, which hasn't been a (serious) problem until the kids started paying attention.
So now I have to act appropriately in front of the children. No more looking for diamonds or hunting for treasure up the tunnels of death. But surely, isn't it affecting my ability to breathe properly? As for knuckles, well, they just HAVE to be cracked - that's what knuckles are for right? It's a manly thing if you've watched any macho kung-fu movies. Try to convince Celest of that though.
So I have to become a closet cracker and excavator for now. And a damn polite one too.
They say lead by example, which is why as parents, you need to be very careful how you behave around them. Be polite and loving to them, to your spouse, family members and other people you encounter (e.g. waiters, friends) and they will grow up to be kind and courteous future citizens of the world. Be rude, brash and loud, and you'll wonder why they become delinquents.
They also pick up (building up to the pun) bad habits easily, like nose-digging, finger-nail peeling and knuckle-cracking. Bad habits that parents (well, the father in our case) has, which hasn't been a (serious) problem until the kids started paying attention.
So now I have to act appropriately in front of the children. No more looking for diamonds or hunting for treasure up the tunnels of death. But surely, isn't it affecting my ability to breathe properly? As for knuckles, well, they just HAVE to be cracked - that's what knuckles are for right? It's a manly thing if you've watched any macho kung-fu movies. Try to convince Celest of that though.
So I have to become a closet cracker and excavator for now. And a damn polite one too.