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 | By Molly Snyder Edler   OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writer E-mail author | Author bio More articles by Molly Snyder Edler |
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A couple weeks ago, I asked my 6-year-old kid what he wanted for Christmas. I thought he would say the "Wall-E" movie, or more slot cars or maybe a video game system of some kind. I wasn't prepared for his answer.
"I want to drive the car," he said.
Unfortunately, I started to laugh, which made him mad, and he stomped away. I asked him again a few days later and, again, he said he really wanted to drive the car. This time, he tried to bargain with me, "Just in the alley?"
I told him he was too short to drive the car, and that his feet wouldn't touch the pedals. I expected him to suggest he could sit on my lap and drive, but he didn't. Instead, he looked at me in silence for a few seconds, blinking slowly and clearly processing what I had said.
"OK," he said. "Can I get a cell phone?"
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Posted by DMcH on Dec. 11, 2008 at 8:48 a.m. (report)
BB Gun... get him a BB Gun.
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Posted by Joscasta on Dec. 10, 2008 at 3:43 p.m. (report)
Get him one of those toy cars.. you know the ones that look like a jeep or something that is very life-like but smaller, or perhaps a candy cell phone for his stocking??
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Posted by swami says on Dec. 10, 2008 at 10:28 a.m. (report)
Isn't that what a cemetery is for??? Have at it kid!
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Posted by brunocarlson on Dec. 10, 2008 at 9:57 a.m. (report)
I was 8 and I sat on my grandfather's lap. It was a '73 Buick so if I hit anything I would only damage the item hit, not the car. And it was only for one block.
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Posted by alba on Dec. 10, 2008 at 9:44 a.m. (report)
Take him out to the county, drive into a field, and let him go. That's how my friends and I experienced "drunk driving" the safe way!
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