The other day, I had a talk with Madeleine about First World problems, after she had a melt-down because she WISHES she hadn't gone to her friend's birthday party and had pizza and cake because now she wants ICE CREAM and waiting for tomorrow is TOO LONG.
Thankfully, it seems the discussion stuck with her, because she referenced First World problems this evening while she, Julia and I were talking.
MADELEINE: Mommy, you NEVER act spoiled around me and Julia.
ME: Well that's good. What *do* I act like?
MADELEINE: You act like a mom!
ME: What does a mom act like?
JULIA: You act like the BEST MOMMY IN THE WORLD!
ME: I don't know. You girls have an awful lot of complaints about things I do.
MADELEINE: Oh, Mommy, we just complain about FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS.
JULIA: What are first world problems??
ME: Well, we live in a Fir-
MADELEINE: Wait! Wait! Wait! I wanna tell her!
Here's the explanation:
Did she nail that explanation or what? I especially like how she referred to "Full House" to help make her example. Describing a First World problem while referring to a luxury like television makes the whole thing super meta. Very crafty, Madeleine.
She definitely references the theme of spoiled brat! If that stuck, that's good enough! Let's see if next week, she has a meltdown about not being able to play, or something.
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