Watch: Age 3 Boy Hatches Plan So He Can Go to School with Siblings
Once the average grade-schooler begins attending classes for a while, the initial charm can start to wear a little thin. Young students often wrestle with the daily angst of weird arithmetic questions, stuck jacket zippers, missing milk money, and limited seating options on the bus.
But for very young children, it can feel pretty lonely watching older brothers and sisters head off to school. These solitary kiddos get stuck at home with older guardians — who sometimes even ask for help dusting, or sorting the laundry.
For those of us who are a bit older, it can be tough to remember that far back. But a super-sweet toddler named Brody is here to remind us, in a video that has quickly gained steam across social media.
Three-year-old Brody, you see, has made up his mind in no uncertain terms. He wants to join his older siblings in the classroom.
He shows up in the family kitchen one day, fully dressed and sporting a miniature backpack. Then he directs his mother’s attention to a marker near the kitchen sink.
The subsequent chat is equal parts heartbreaking and hilarious. It involves Brody’s grand plan to become an instant pupil — and evidently, if you’re three, it makes a ton of sense.
Brody’s mother kicks off the conversation by innocently asking why they need the black marker. “For writing a seven on my head,” the youngster helpfully explains.
“But why would I put a seven on your head?” asks Mom. She then clarifies patiently, “you’re three, honey.”
The upshot — after several minutes of adorable back-and-forth banter — is that Brody believes a quick marker inscription will magically make him the age in question. He’s standing there waiting with all his supplies, for Pete’s sake, and just needs a parent to play along.
“What’s in your backpack?” inquires his mother, as supportively as possible. “My things,” manages Brody, lower lip quivering uncontrollably.
That’s when the despairing water works really begin. Completely crushed that his master plan is hitting a roadblock, the savvy youngster then attempts to bargain his way down one full year.
He picks up the marker and scrawls the numeral “six” on his forearm. But after admitting it looks more like “a triangle” or “a pizza,” he maintains that Mom could write it much more clearly.
“You can’t go to school yet, baby,” she gently but repeatedly explains — clearly touched at the sight of her tough-yet-tearful toddler. But Brody is the very picture of persistence and keeps on trying anyway.
Perhaps it’s of little consolation to Brody, but his mother appears to know exactly what she’s doing. A recent Stanford University suggests that children who wait an extra year to enroll in kindergarten demonstrate measurably better self-control when they’re older.
As another huge plus, Brody’s imagination and persistence are sure to pay off in his studies. Although for now, social media seems perfectly smitten with his overall cuteness.
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