Having 7 children I have my own little petrie dish experiment and control group. After this many kids I pretty much know what to expect and what is normal.
I was starting to get concerned when my youngest had not started using her middle finger to point at everything and everyone. Was she behind developmentally?
Every 2 year old goes through this stage of unknowingly offending every person by excitedly pointing out everything possible with the offending finger. I have at least 6 other photos of 6 other children doing the very same thing, in fact most are more… well, offensive!
The thing that is even funnier when it is your 7th child is the reaction of the other 6 children. You have the older ones who know what “giving someone the middle finger” means, find this extremely hilarious and want all their friends to see her do it. Provoking her to point to everything possible when friends are over, so they can all giggle like little girls. To the middle age group of kids, the 6-9 age range, who don’t know EXACTLY what it means, but know enough that it is BAD. They try to make her stop because they are really embarrassed and know that she is doing something that is wrong. Then there is the 4 year old, who just last year grew out of this stage himself, although he still has yet to find a replacement finger for picking his nose.
My guess is that along with the 2 year old attitude, we don’t call this one “the honey badger” for nothing, they know what they are doing and can get away with it. What freedom! Looks can be deceiving, look at those chubby little hands! How sweet is she?!
No, she knows exactly what she is doing. I didn’t get her marinara for her free cheese stick appetizer at Chili’s, I went with the ranch to dip instead and she is letting me know what she thinks about it. She only looks all sweet and cute.
Why do 2 year old point with their middle finger? Because they can!
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ohhh she is so cute. My 2 year old isnt doing that. Hmmmm.
OMG!! my niece does this and she it 3 I of course being a mother of a 2 1/2 year old who has not started this behavior either…. My brother in law gets so mad and I always tell him to chill out she don’t know what shes meaning by using the middle finger… just correct her and be gone. Thanks for letting him know she is not the only one.
Oh that is so funny!! My 21 momth old does it too and my 9 year old is forever taking pictures of it!
LOLLOL!!!!! Cracking up! My three old Madison used her middle finger right out of the womb. She used it to hold her bottle, when reaching out to be picked up, etc. Now, that she’s a big girl, she still uses it to point out things. Smh….its a bit cute but really not funny at all. Her dad thinks its hilarious!!! What are us moms to do?