Poor kid. I guess it’s true what they say about fathers. They always need to mold things into their image. Leave the girl alone. If stuffed animals make her happy at show and tell.... what’s to be disappointed about. Nothing disappoints a parent more than the fact that their kids were not created in their image in all ways.
Regarding icky… based upon popular opinion??? Is it not possible for one to take popular opinion… and then the opinion according to David and make their own decision without being pummeled and pestered to conform to either one? You strike me as a bully. I have lived perfectly well for 40+ years chosing not to put spiders on my list of favorite things! And who are you to tell me otherwise. Parents can convince their offspring that all sorts of things are cool… like prejudice, intolerance etc… because of the powerful role they play in their lives. Enforcing ideas and behaviors by repetition… you will like this,... chinese water torcher by spide and slug until one ultimately conforms.
I am terrified of spiders. I have an electronic spider sucker. I cannot bear to even mash them with my shoe. I scream, get hysterical and carry on when one is in the house until it is flushed. Victoria the other day however, when there was a particularly large spider in an area where my spider sucker would prove to be ineffective… stepped up, said “for God sakes Mom, it’s just a spider!” Took a paper towel and plucked it off the wall while I screamed the whole time. My mother always said… “You carry on like that and you are going to teach her to be afraid of spiders.” Well I have and did, but to my credit did not say “you must be afraid of them” and walla! She is a product of making her own informed opinion. “Do I want to run around like and idiot when I see a spider like my Mom?” Victoria’s answer was obviously with no influence from me… a definitive ‘No!”. (I would prefer to have company in my panic) Viva free will, uninfluenced by the powerful. Course she is mean as a snake at times… hence snake trumps spider every time. I however am not afraid of anything reptilian or rodent like.
Well, I think that if kids are to “make their own decisions” and if they are to be exposed to all types of ideas (popular opinions and David’s opinions), then they, logically, need to be exposed to all types of ideas. Therefore, kids need to be taught how to have prejudice and how to be intolerant of others, since, of course, these are choices that are available to them.
My 3-year old LOVES to talk on the phone to people and she is the same exact way. I fear the day she asks for her own cell phone.