taught Claudia driving rules.
Yes, this is another post about the car. I seem to have many, many posts about driving, playing or "parenting" in the car.
Hmmm. I guess we may be spending too much time in or around the car.
So, Claudia has become a bit of a back seat driver. I am the only one to blame. I decided that I would teach her the rules of the road: red light means stop, green light means go. Seemed harmless enough. I also thought that it would help with her yelling from the back seat, "Mama, GO! I want to GO!" when we were stopped at a stop light.
You would think that it was pretty obvious that I couldn't go because there was a large car or truck in front of me. But what is obvious to an adult isn't that way to an almost 3 year old. I often and repeatedly had to explain that if I drove forward and "bumped" into the car in front of us, the car would break and we couldn't drive ANYWHERE and that includes school, Noodles, the library, etc. We would be stuck at home.
This (I think) wonderful explanation would prompt Claudia to say, "Why?" I took her meaning to be, "Why won't the car in front of us GO?" So, I taught her red light/green light.
Now when we are driving she will shout, "Mama, it's
greeeen!" Many times it is, sometimes it isn't. Or, if we are stopped and I am doing a little daydreaming at a red light, Claudia will shake me out of my reverie with a "Mom, it's
greeen, GO!" I have to say most of the time, she is right, it is green, but it is just green for the
other cars. You know, there is almost always a green light visible at a stoplight, it just isn't always a green for
you to go.
