Originally Posted by MegMeg
Originally Posted by CCN
Or the looks, sans comments...

Or the Laugh. Wow do I hate the Laugh. Hanni will say something clear and articulate and interesting, expecting a good-faith response from the adult she is addressing, and she gets . . . the Laugh. Then the adult makes eye contact with me, and repeats one of Hanni's phrases. To me. As if I had just showed off my pet parrot.


HG+ children themselves find this increasingly grating, too. Just noting that it doesn't really go away as they get older. It just becomes snide/inappropriate comments that "Label" the child, rather than acknowledging him/her as a person.


Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.