26. August 2009 09:45by Matt Comments (4)

The significance of that insignificant half

My son George turns four and a half next week. Of course to you and me the half became irrelevant decades ago but to him it's the most important thing in the world! His friend Matthew is already four and a half, his friend Max is only just four. It's the talking point of the nursery gang. We talk about the weather, they spend the day comparing ages and establishing a heirachy off the back of the results.

This morning George said to me and his Mum "I'm four and a half next week aren't I?" half way between a statement and a question.

Me: "That's right"

George: "Then it's my birthday isn't it?"

Me: "Well you don't really have birthdays when you're four and a half but you do when you're five"

This didn't go down well and it took some major persuasion to convince him you don't celebrate something as significant to him as that half!

It's a mind-bogglingly simple and innocent world they live in. Long may it continue.

 

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adam
9/1/2009 4:50:11 PM #
We so often forget that half a year to a young child is a huge proportion of their lives. When this really becomes clear is when a child starts school. Children in the same year can be nearly up to 12 months older or younger. At age 5 that's a fifth of their lives! And we expect them to meet the same targets and reach the same levels of attainment. Insane...
ferg
9/1/2009 8:43:06 PM #
I noticed when my son was nearing 4, age started to become very important to him. It was the first thing he'd ask anyone new he met, "How old are you?". I think they start to become aware of their age and its meaning in their world between 3 and 4 and therefore it becomes very important to them.
Nota Bene
9/17/2009 4:58:24 PM #
Oh those halves are so important until they hit their teens, and then cease to have any significance until you reach a grand old age indeed.

NB Aged 48 and a half
Train Horn
12/4/2009 12:13:40 PM #
I really like children a lot. They are very innocent. I wish i could go back to being a child!

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