not in the sense that swipe is talking about, they don't
not at all.

I'm not suggesting that indulging them when they ask for something reasonable is in any way bad. I'm just saying that it's daft to read that as a two year old having a "taste" or "preference" in the way adults understand it.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 20 Aug 2013, 10:43, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

i get the specific memory V projecting thing, this is definately correct
but, if making a nice cake in their current favourite colour/character/shape makes them happy then that happiness becomes part of a deeper less defined memory of childhood and whether they felt loved and nurtured.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 20 Aug 2013, 10:46, Reply)

totally, and obliging that iss part of being a good parent.
but the reason swipe wanted a princess cake is not because at 2 she was in any way capable of understanding what being a princess was, or liked the idea of being a princess as an independent decision.

It's becuase her mum and dad had been telling her she was a princess since she was tiny.

That was my only point. It's not taste. It's what you've made them be.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 20 Aug 2013, 10:51, Reply)

ahahahahahaha
if you'd met my parents, you'd understand why that was so funny. for a start, my dad's present for me on the same birthday was a fucking football.

this being said though, i think we're sort of saying the same thing. it's not a well-formed taste, of course it's not, but some toddlers really do have very well-defined preferences.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 20 Aug 2013, 10:52, Reply)

I bet it's not.
I bet that's exactly what your mum did. And all the aunts and uncles and grandparents. becuase that's exactly what happens to every single baby girl in the universe.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 20 Aug 2013, 10:55, Reply)

it really isn't
my bedroom was a delightful 70's orange and brown, my dad called me stan because he wanted a boy, and my mum tried to turn me into a lesbian (according to my grandma) by putting me in dungarees. i had probably seen a princess on tv and loved it. it doesn't matter why i loved it; it matters that i did.

by age 10 i wanted a carousel with horses on it. i got told to fuck off!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 20 Aug 2013, 10:57, Reply)

some kids won't notice, they'll just go, CAKE
other kids will go, wooo! pink cake.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 20 Aug 2013, 10:52, Reply)