Chronicles of a “Mr. Mom”

This video is awesome. It is in chinese (I think), but the language doesn’t matter - Just watch the little girl solve the cube in under 2 minutes! Wow!

Yes, the girl is indeed very smart, but guess what - it takes a bit of parenting and a lot of patience for someone to sit with kids like this, and teach them a skill - no matter how rehearsed it might be.

Isn’t it that a lot of skills in this world are about how well rehearsed you are? How well you can hit that 18 footer, how many aces you can serve, how perfect your walk down the aisle is?

So, don’t discount things just because they are rehearsed. Practice does make a (wo)man perfect.

“Q: My son is 2 and his big sister is 6. He’s her little shadow, and in some ways that’s good: His vocabulary and other skills are great. But when they’re together he wants to do only what she does, and I wonder if he should be more independent.

A: We think your son is lucky to have his big sister to help him develop important experience and skills.”

Full story: Toddler gains by shadowing big sister

You’ve got to see this really cute video.

One of the best commercials I’ve ever seen! I promise you’ll be completely thrown off.