# Is this a normal child's behavior? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 17, 2006, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-normal-childs-behavior/340314 "2006-01-17T04:09:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-normal-childs-behavior/340314/41 "2006-01-18T07:02:49Z")
My daughter would\* un\*dress her teddybear. She had left it at my sister’s and my sister mailed SarahBear back in a tiny muumuu and a lei and said SarahBear had enjoyed her vacation but was glad to be home. My child promptly undressed SarahBear. “She’s a bear, Mom” ---
**Author:** ![inkleberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-normal-childs-behavior/340314/42 "2006-01-18T07:28:26Z")
Totally normal. Boringly normal. Unless the child is, say, 19. But if the child is, say, 2-12, it’s normal and prosocial behavior. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-normal-childs-behavior/340314/43 "2006-01-18T15:36:10Z")
> [@cher3](#): > > My son usually prefers robots, but he did get a large rubber snake at the zoo yesterday and it was helping him practice his Hail Mary this morning. Okay, but how does it catch the football? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-normal-childs-behavior/340314/44 "2006-01-18T20:43:19Z")
> [@davenportavenger](#): > > When my dad was a kid, he used to decide what socks to wear by putting a different one on each hand and letting them “fight.” Then the winner would get to pick the pants and top. True story! Your dad was a cool kid. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-normal-childs-behavior/340314/45 "2006-01-18T20:59:49Z")
I put my GI Joes (circa 1960’s Full Size Joes) in a sock at might to keep him warm. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-normal-childs-behavior/340314/46 "2006-01-18T21:22:31Z")
> [@cher3](#): > > My daughter strongly prefers stuffed animals to dolls. She recently got a fairly fancy doll house and the humanoids were immediately booted to the curb in favor of a family of miniature bears. > > My son usually prefers robots, but he did get a large rubber snake at the zoo yesterday and it was helping him practice his Hail Mary this morning. Glad to hear the snake has converted & is making peace. Oh perhaps it’s just tired of being her stepping on it. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-normal-childs-behavior/340314/47 "2006-01-18T21:27:32Z")
It’s my son who has the snake. Daughter got a stuffed meerkat that disappeared out of her backpack the next day. I suspect the snake, no matter how pious it tries to look. Son got a certificate for knowing his Hail Mary. I don’t know if he got extra points for knowing it in Snake. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-normal-childs-behavior/340314/48 "2006-01-19T00:46:53Z")
> [@cher3](#): > > My son usually prefers robots, but he did get a large rubber snake at the zoo yesterday and it was helping him practice his Hail Mary this morning. The theological implications of this are staggering. Regards, Shodan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-normal-childs-behavior/340314.md?page=2)