Kids Will Be Kids: The Enduring Cliché 🧒🧒🏽
Ah, the perennial truth: “Children can be expected to act childishly.” An observation as old as time, making its first known appearance in a Latin proverb from ages past: Pueri sunt pueri, pueri puerilia tractant, brilliantly translating to “Children (or boys) are boys and do childish things.” Now, you almost expect a booming Gandalf voice to deliver it.
⭐Synonyms and Related Terms:
- Be youthful and carefree
- Mischief is a child’s middle name
- Innocence of youth
- Juvenile antics
❌Antonyms:
- Mature
- Grown-up
- Responsible adult behavior
📖 Featured in Literature:
This notion isn’t unique to puritanical relatives or tired educators. Renowned authors ranging from Bulwer-Lytton, Thackeray, and Mark Twain to Shaw wouldn’t resist slipping this gem into their tales, giving weight to the idea until it morphed into a full-blown cliché sometime around the nineteenth century.
Proverbs to Ponder: 🧠
- “Kids will be kids.” - Because, honestly, what else would they be?
- “Boys will be boys.” - A classic, though aptly dated.
Choice Quotes to Chuckle Over:
- Mark Twain: “When a teacher calls a boy by his entire name, it means trouble.”
- Oscar Wilde: “Children begin by loving their parents; after a time, they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.”
Did You Know? 💡 The emphasis on “boys” being mischievous possibly caters to those antiquated, now eyebrow-raising, societal norms reflecting supposed gender behavior distinctions. How enlightened we say, with a grain of salt, while recognizing the broader, beautiful chaos of child behavior today.
Recommended Reads 📚
Dive deeper into these quirky ponderings with:
- “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” by Mark Twain
- “Cabbages and Kings” by O. Henry
- “David Copperfield” by Charles Dickens
Movies to 🍿:
- “Mary Poppins” (1964)
- “Home Alone” (1990)
Songs to hum along to 🎶:
- “ABC” by The Jackson 5
- “Teach Your Children” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
🌈 Thought-Provoking Farewell:
Whether shared through wit, wisdom, or whimsy, the timeless acknowledgment that kids will inevitably be kids beckons us to embrace the spirited, uninhibited bundles of innocence they are. ✨
