The Bark Is Bigger Than The Bite, Yo!

Posted by Sheri at 7/31/2007 11:11 AM
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My 2.5-year-old son is deathly afraid of dogs.  In and of itself, no big deal.  Kids have fears, kids outgrow fears.  Crusher, however, is fearful of even the idea of these four-legged beasts.  He has a physical aversion to even the word "dog."  We continue to mourn the loss of any urban hipness we aspire to, as the phrase, "What up, Dawg?" must be banned from our otherwise ghetto crib.  Our lagging street cred is a small price to pay to spare our son an emotional tsunami at the paws of these vicious behemoths (miniature Chihuahua puppies). 



I fear Crusher is in jeopardy of having his man card revoked.  Any hopes of his sprouting chest hair prior to his Bar Mitzvah, totally out. 

Another source of stress for Crusher?  Puppets.  Good news and bad news.  Last year at preschool a puppet theatre group came in to entertain the kids.  The good news was only one kid in the entire school was scared of them.  Want to guess what the bad news was?

In a last ditch attempt to save my soul and not sell-out my kid completely, I want to give Crusher a big shout-out.  We went to Chuck E. Cheese last weekend and when that massive, overstuffed mouse sauntered by, Crusher did not run, and he did not hide.  My boy looked fear straight in the eyes and spit at it.  Unfortunately, it spit right back.  No, I'm just kidding.  Any wide-angle camera lens would show the two of them, buddies as they are, in rooms right next to each other!



 

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