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libodem

(19,288 posts)
29. 18-22 months in. infants
Sun Feb 3, 2013, 11:49 PM
Feb 2013

Is a most difficult time time to leave toddlers in child care.

They don't understand 'later' and 'I'll be back', as far as they are concerned, if I can't see you, you don't exist, and you may never come back. It's called infant time.

It is even part of what makes break ups, unbearable.

10%? Good lord.... ohheckyeah Feb 2013 #1
OK folks, this is SATIRE. and it's funny as hell. cali Feb 2013 #2
Don't give away the joke so early in the thread! n/t backscatter712 Feb 2013 #11
hehehehehe Solly Mack Feb 2013 #3
The good news? They're smarter than magpies and goldfish. cherokeeprogressive Feb 2013 #4
I couldn't figure why you'd said that dipsydoodle Feb 2013 #5
Wow, Then Whether or Not the Light Stays On When You close the Frig. Door Must be Hell for Them. dballance Feb 2013 #6
Wait, there's a light inside the fridge? n/t eggplant Feb 2013 #20
The responses to this thread suggest a similar thing about satire awareness. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2013 #7
That's odd because from the responses I've seen I thought cherokeeprogressive Feb 2013 #10
This is so depressing. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #8
On the bright side, if I scroll Rick off the screen, he ceases to exist! backscatter712 Feb 2013 #12
I'm relieved this is satire. Starry Messenger Feb 2013 #9
Shit exists even when they cannot be seen nor heard Yavin4 Feb 2013 #13
Yeah, but does she know that? n/t backscatter712 Feb 2013 #14
and does she believe Russia still exists, if she isn't viewing it from her house? bench scientist Feb 2013 #15
Satire, yes, but it does explain alot about religious Ilsa Feb 2013 #16
How did they see Jesus then? With their third eye, huh? Yeah, it's satire, but remember this? freshwest Feb 2013 #17
And god said:... longship Feb 2013 #21
When I started college back in the stone ages at the age of 18, it was written on the bathroom wall! freshwest Feb 2013 #23
I love your reply. longship Feb 2013 #24
These are all techniques to rationalize Ilsa Feb 2013 #25
They don't know the future that's coming for them, either. freshwest Feb 2013 #27
May they be smote with the mighty fist of James Clerk Maxwell!! Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2013 #26
When you read how Conservapedia blames the all powerful, evil liberals for everything, freshwest Feb 2013 #28
Didn't the communists in Cambodia kill everyone who wore glasses? Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2013 #30
I'm aware of that history, as well as other examples. Oh, never mind. freshwest Feb 2013 #31
I remember when my daughter was 3 or 4, onlyadream Feb 2013 #18
So 'hide thread' Cirque du So-What Feb 2013 #19
*snort!* nolabear Feb 2013 #22
18-22 months in. infants libodem Feb 2013 #29
That figure seems really suspect to me. Object Permanence usually develops by 2-3 yo, because patrice Feb 2013 #32
Ah ha ha magpies and dogs... Kalidurga Feb 2013 #33
One of my cats still does this. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2013 #34
Oh that is just too cute... Kalidurga Feb 2013 #35
She does... I spend the whole time she is "sneaking up" saying, "Where did Izzie go?" ScreamingMeemie Feb 2013 #36
What a cutie. Good thing you talk to her otherwise she might get startled. Kalidurga Feb 2013 #37
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