Freedom of Expression

The first amendment to the Bill of Rights says, I have freedom of expression. That's a great thing but, I personally think it comes with great responsibility. I can't just spout off without there being consequences. I have to be careful what I say and write because my purpose has nothing to do with controversial subjects. This is not my political platform. On the other hand, I love it when children are learning to talk and express themselves, formulate their own thoughts and produce sentences that are grammatically incorrect and amusing. It's funny also, when they make up their own vocabulary and expect you to understand. They know the thought they're trying to convey, why aren't YOU getting it?! An amusing thing my daughter used to say was the homemade word, "lasternight". She morphed "last night" and "yesterday" together, thus the word, "lasternight". A friend of mine was telling me a story about his son. They had gone to his mother's house one Sunday morning for a pancake breakfast. They arrived to find grandma in the kitchen with her "cooking bra" on, making pancakes. "Cooking bra" is the technical term among 4 year olds, for the word "apron". What's even more fun, is to take these innocent and endearing phrases and put them to music. This is somewhat difficult because adult singer/songwriters have to make the jump backwards in age to accomplish this. One such artist you may have heard of is, Dan Zane. Check out his music even if you don't have kids. It's fun and catchy. Kookookachu for now.http://www.danzanes.com/pages/news.php