This morning, as I was driving Georgia to school, I grabbed my phone at a stoplight. I was going to take a picture of something, but the light changed before I had a chance, so I just held the phone in my hand for a second. I PROMISE I wasn't doing anything on it, just holding it. From the back seat Georgia says to me,
"Don't text, Mommy!!"
"Oh don't worry, Georgia, I'm not," I assured her. "I was going to take a picture, but I didn't get a chance to. I'm just holding it." Then I put it down to show her I wasn't doing anything while driving. Just for the record, I swear I do not text and drive. I can't say I don't ever look at a text at a stoplight, but I always put it down when the light turns green. Honestly, I don't know how people can text and drive at the same time.
"Okay," she said.
"That's good that you know that I shouldn't text while I'm driving," I said. "It's dangerous to do."
"Yeah," she agreed. "Because you will fall out of da ca."
"What?" I asked.
"You will fall out of da ca if you text when you awe dwiving," she told me.
I'm not really sure where she got that idea from, and I thought about correcting her, but then I remembered that someday she will be driving. Someday she will have a cell phone. Someday she will be driving and have a cell phone. So why not scare her into not using them together now. So, I went with it.
"Yup," I said. "That could happen, so I never text while I'm driving.
"Yeah," she said. "'Cuz you don't want to fall out of da ca!"
"Don't text, Mommy!!"
"Oh don't worry, Georgia, I'm not," I assured her. "I was going to take a picture, but I didn't get a chance to. I'm just holding it." Then I put it down to show her I wasn't doing anything while driving. Just for the record, I swear I do not text and drive. I can't say I don't ever look at a text at a stoplight, but I always put it down when the light turns green. Honestly, I don't know how people can text and drive at the same time.
"Okay," she said.
"That's good that you know that I shouldn't text while I'm driving," I said. "It's dangerous to do."
"Yeah," she agreed. "Because you will fall out of da ca."
"What?" I asked.
"You will fall out of da ca if you text when you awe dwiving," she told me.
I'm not really sure where she got that idea from, and I thought about correcting her, but then I remembered that someday she will be driving. Someday she will have a cell phone. Someday she will be driving and have a cell phone. So why not scare her into not using them together now. So, I went with it.
"Yup," I said. "That could happen, so I never text while I'm driving.
"Yeah," she said. "'Cuz you don't want to fall out of da ca!"
1 comment:
Smart kid! I swear a lot of adults don't know that texting and driving is dangerous - or maybe they do and just don't care!
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