#ddbot

I'm a Big Boy Now

And I've gotta stop saying things like I'm a Big Boy Now_!_

Is the New Ninja Squad like the big boy's ninja squad? Or maybe I missed the point entirely.

I'm not complaining, mind you, kids should embrace their childhoods as long as possible. . . just not sure what's going on, or maybe not sure what Steven thinks is going on.

I was trying to think of how my boys handled this whole getting older thing. SonBot lost very few childhood interests and gained very few adult interests. He is still a big fan of animated movies and series and Disney stuff. . . but his reading interests moved from fantasy books like Harry Potter and Eragon as a child through a much older reading level Pern novels and Sci-Fi such as Ender's Game and on to, now, mostly online fan fiction.

My other son, we'll call him SecondBot, since he's not here to stop us. . . Continued liking things in the same genres, but it got darker and darker over time. Then as a young adult, he really jumped in feet first to alot of adult themed movies, books, and tv series. He still enjoys animated movies and shows, but South Park, Boondocks and Rick & Morty are his animated go tos while he's added such shows as SuperNatural and Breaking Bad to his arsenal.

DDBot (oldest daughter) never got into childish things, but oddly her tastes still change a lot. At 8 years old, she sewed and crafted and baked. She enjoyed Science and Math and wanted to be an Astronaut. But these days, she just wants to hang out with friends and play video games (only with friends) and see how much of her skin she can cover up with the color BLACK. . . She still bakes some and I'm sure she'll return to those interests soon enough, but for now she is in a "I'm too grown up" stage for childhood whimsy and an "I'm still a kid" phase when the responsibility starts.