Toddlers are like puppies. They have a ton of energy. They're messy eaters. They're not reliably potty trained. They wreck your stuff, but they're so darned cute that you forgive them every time. And, if you're lucky, you get a smart one who can learn tricks and perform them on command.
It's true that toddlers are little sponges. The Roc learned the F-word after hearing it come out of Daddy's mouth just once. (Not wanting to be a bad influence, I always try to swear in German. Meaning my kid can now swear in two languages.) Once they've mastered "please" and "thank you," it's hard to resist teaching them more advanced forms of verbal communication, like Cockney rhyming slang and Snoop Dogg lyrics. From high fives and handshakes, it's a slippery slope to gang signs and exploding fist bumps. You know you've gone too far when your child, unprompted, greets a room full of grown-ups with a truffle shuffle and a cheerful: "What up, peeps?"
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