{"id":1306,"date":"2010-06-11T14:35:46","date_gmt":"2010-06-11T18:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moorezilla.com\/blog\/?p=1306"},"modified":"2010-06-13T10:27:26","modified_gmt":"2010-06-13T14:27:26","slug":"baby-explains-recent-misbehavior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moorezilla.com\/blog\/baby-explains-recent-misbehavior\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Explains Recent Misbehavior"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1307\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1307\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moorezilla.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_2058.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1307\" title=\"IMG_2058\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moorezilla.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_2058-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moorezilla.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_2058-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moorezilla.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_2058.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1307\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baby carries on baby business.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Asked recently about her apparent unwillingness to cooperate or to act according to her parents&#8217; wishes, Abigail Moore explained, &#8220;I don&#8217;t really listen to them. I pretty much do whatever I want.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pressed for additional details, Abigail continued, &#8220;look&#8230; they have their agenda and I have my agenda. Sometimes our goals synch up, but often we simply want to go in different directions. Hell&#8230; lots of times I can&#8217;t even figure out what they&#8217;re babbling about any way, so I&#8217;ve learned to just tune them out most of the time. I just filter out all the words except backpack, quack quack, raisins, Granma, and bath.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1312\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1312\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moorezilla.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/abbyice.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1312\" title=\"abbyice\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moorezilla.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/abbyice-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moorezilla.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/abbyice-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moorezilla.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/abbyice.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1312\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baby plans no changes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Abigail&#8217;s father was not shocked to hear such revelations from his daughter. &#8220;Yeah&#8230; that sounds about right. I&#8217;d estimate that Abby listens to me about 10 percent of the time and complies with my requests about 1 percent of the time. I&#8217;m hoping to double my success rate over the next 17 or so years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Abby&#8217;s mother insisted that the problem was overblown. &#8220;I haven&#8217;t seen much of this behavior. Abby frequently does what I want her to do as long as she wants to do it and has started doing it prior to me asking her to do it. It&#8217;s not a perfect system, but it works out. Success is all about anticipation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Asked if she plans on behaving better in the future, Abby reflected, &#8220;probably not. Right now I&#8217;m in a phase we small people term &#8216;liftable.&#8217; As soon as I get a little heavier, I&#8217;m pretty sure I&#8217;ll be able to ignore my parents completely. The dog weighs about a buck-five and he hasn&#8217;t listened to anyone in like four years. He&#8217;s the gold standard for me right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asked recently about her apparent unwillingness to cooperate or to act according to her parents&#8217; wishes, Abigail Moore explained, &#8220;I don&#8217;t really listen to them. I pretty much do whatever I want.&#8221; Pressed for additional details, Abigail continued, &#8220;look&#8230; they have their agenda and I have my agenda. 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