It’s surprising everything that fatherhood changes. Take pointing, for example. You might think that pointing would be the same for men that are fathers as it is for men that aren’t fathers, but this is not the case, at least if you are pointing at something moving.
It takes a 2-6 year old child at least 4 seconds to look at what you are pointing at. So if you have a 2-6 year old child, and you are pointing at a moving object, you need to lead the point, and point in front of the object. Pretend you back in sixth grade, playing backyard football quarterback. If the object is moving fast, point 20-30 degrees in front of it. A fast moving object may require pointing a full 45 degrees in front, however. Just remember to lead the point and you won't go wrong (and your kids won't end up crying because they didn't see the deer/bird/train/airplane/whatever it was you were pointing at).
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Good one. I'm always pointing out planes and helicopters. Now what I want to know is what my son is pointing at. Often, when we're strolling down the street, he'll point to an indistinct place and repeat a word that only he knows the meaning to.
Let me point something out to you.
You, and this blog are impossibly boring.
Please find another outlet for your literary masturbations, you fat, bald twit.
hmmm, never thought of trying that. Maybe that's why my kids never see what I'm pointing at :-) These days I'll point something out once and when they don't see it I just turn back to what I was doing. I'll give it a try.
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