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Originally Posted by SteveDallas
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Oh, I forgot, after Famous Susan brought us a couple glasses of water and took our order, my son had to go. I got up to go with him (after insisting he didn't need me to come along, he came back because he couldn't interpret the signs--"Setters" and "Pointers"--to figure out which one he should go in). When we came back some overeager Famous Busboy had cleared our table.  |
I just had this amusing vision of what's NOT a teachable moment... When presented with a gift like this, SonofV wants to do something on his own, but gets stuck, my habitual response is to ask him what his thoughts are, usually with a liberal repetition of what he's already told me about his situation. When I imagined him and me in SD's story and what I would do, my habit took over and formed the question to SonofV "Setters and pointers, hmm. You have to go to the bathroom, do you have to 'set down' or can you point?" Pure reflex, honest. Cause when I thought it out, I realized that there was a pretty good chance of disaster as a result of my urging him to use his judgement that way.
Ok, so, thanks, SD, for when that one comes up, I'll just tell him. "You're a pointer."
