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Babble Talk: When the Kid Wants Mom to Shut It

Posted by Jen Chaney

So the feature is called Kids Say the Cutest Things. And I am not sure if my choice for today's quote of the day necessarily qualifies as cute. But it's brutally candid. And pretty funny.

As parents we spend a whole lot of time telling our kids to hush, quiet down or -- if it's been a particularly bad day and our nerves are frayed -- shut-up. So it's only fair that sometimes the kids turn the tables and tell us to pipe down.

Which might explain why a three-year-old boy said the following to his father: "'When is mom going to stop talking so we can get our job done?"

Answer, my child? Never. Mommies always have important things to say.

Speaking of, has your kid said something smart (or smart alecky) recently? Then post it on Kids Say the Cutest Things. If nothing else, it'll keep you quiet for a minute so your kids can finally get their work done.


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About Jen Chaney

Jen Chaney is the movies editor and a DVD columnist for washingtonpost.com. Her byline has appeared in The Washington Post, People magazine, USA Today and the Utne Reader as well as various other newspapers around the country. She is the mother of a one-year-old boy, who has not yet learned the word Xanadu. But he will. Trust us, he will.

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