Lots of people make fake posts about their 2 year old giving opinions about politics that either never happened or the kid was just parroting what they've been told by an adult.

Honestly, even if a child says something I agree with, that's unimportant. Even if *my* child says something I agree with, that's unimportant. Kids aren't particularly wise, the best they can do is imperfectly reflect what they've been raised in.

But something happened both times I took my son to the park today, and I'm proud of what I saw: He saw litter on the ground, picked it up, and put it in the garbage. He did it a bunch of times, too. It wasn't a fluke.

I think that's a good habit to be in at the age of 2. If he's reflecting service to the community, then I'm not just proud of him, I'm proud of myself for presenting an image where he mimics doing something like that. It reflects a growing virtue in him, and potentially virtue within myself that he sees.

And to be real for a minute, kids are a lot of different things. I was just about to hit "send" on this message, and I hear him giggling, and I'm like "aww hehehe....wait a minute, I know that giggle", and sure enough he was taking a mouthful of water from his bottle and spitting it all over himself making a huge mess so I had to go clean it up. He's still 2, after all!