The CEOJuly 3, 2007 12:53 pm
The Organization 12:50 pm
And here comes the heat:
As much as the CEO dislikes hot weather, I would agree that perhaps the CFO has a worse time of it right now. Tank arrives no later than next Thursday, but I have a feeling the CFO wouldn’t mind if he wanted to poke his little head out a bit before that.
The Organization, Parenting tips from the CEO 12:06 pm
A “well, duh” article in the British press the other day:
Babies not as innocent as they pretend
Whether lying about raiding the biscuit tin or denying they broke a toy, all children try to mislead their parents at some time. Yet it now appears that babies learn to deceive from a far younger age than anyone previously suspected. Behavioural experts have found that infants begin to lie from as young as six months. Simple fibs help to train them for more complex deceptions in later life. Until now, psychologists had thought the developing brains were not capable of the difficult art of lying until four years old. . . Infants quickly learnt that using tactics such as fake crying and pretend laughing could win them attention. By eight months, more difficult deceptions became apparent, such as concealing forbidden activities or trying to distract parents’ attention.
Until four years old? Had those experts ever even seen a small child? The Jr. VP has been deceitful since the day he first became self-aware. Hell, at 2.5 years old he’ll lie, pass off blame, (Daddy did it, not me!) steal, fake injuries, and pull off any number of otherwise underhanded activities to accomplish his goals. He is good with strategery in that way, and I salute him for it. Now Stinkboy, tell me where you hid the remote, and don’t lie to me this time . . .
