3.5 Years:
“OH MY GOD! A TALKING CUP! A CUP CAN’T TALK! OH MY GOD, A TALKING FLYING FRY-BOY! A FRY-BOX CAN’T TALK! A FRY-BOX CAN’T FLY! OH MY GOD, A TALKING MEATBALL! I WANT A MEATBALL LIKE THAT! I WANT A MEATBALL LIKE THAT!”
I had gone away to work for a few hours, leaving my daughter with a babysitter. Although we usually had a very strictly enforced screen-time limit (half an hour a day at 3 years), I had told the sitter that she could have up to two hours until I came home. When walked back through the door, my daughter didn’t even look up from the TV—she was far too focused on her new discovery, Aqua Teen Hunger Force. It’s not exactly what I would have picked out for a three-year-old, but the overwhelming amount of delight was too charming. I couldn’t avoid cracking a smile.
A friend of mine pointed out that my daughter’s reaction to Aqua Teen Hunger Force was essentially the exact same as the reaction you would expect from a fifteen-year-old stoner. I’ve concluded that stoned teenagers and autistic toddlers have essentially the exact same neurology.
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