Learning it Young

[deguspice]

Last weekend I went to dhs's house warming party (definitely a long drive). In addition to the usual suspects at the party, there were a bunch of children from 9 to 14. One of the older teenage girls was having a conversation with one of the boys, as she walked away from the boy, she said "Thanks for being honest with me". What he couldn't see was that as she said it, she rolled her eyes. I wonder what they were talking about and where she learned to roll her eyes like that.

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parenting at work

[bethr.livejournal.com]

sonia, at not quite 9, has been rolling her eyes probably since first grade.

And she got it from her parents, who roll their eyes at one another and at 3rd parties quite a bit.

[ceo]

Eye-rolling or no, that conversation seems to bespeak a level of social clue on the part of both parties that I don't think I had at ten years their senior.

Or maybe I'm extrapolating too much.

[persis.livejournal.com]

Talis, too, at 9.5, has been rolling her eyes meaningfully for seveal years now... she really has it down now. Don't think she got it from me though.

[madbodger.livejournal.com]

The eye roll is bad enough. And many of them learn the knack quite young. But the
Look Of Death is the one that scares me (naturally). And I have no idea when that
one is generally acquired. Until too late.