A child that is able to kick a pregnant woman in the stomach (and yes, I do realize Donna you are not ten feet tall ), is not 3. At 7.5, and VERY tall for his age, I am not sure J could kick me in the stomach. But, anyhow, a child kicking someone is so far off of a 3 year old putting his/her finger in a frosted cake.

None of this is to say the adult wouldn't say to little child, "oh, honey, please don't do that. It isn't polite/germy/inappropriate/whatever". It is a learning process. No one wakes up with perfect children- as how many of us are perfect adults? It is a learning, and sometimes a long one, process. Some children are easy as pie to bring up right. Some need lots of opportunities to get it right. And, I know some adults that STILL act oddly.

At the end of it all...it was a family gathering, a 3 year old and a birthday cake, now tainted. I guess I should consider myself overly fortunate if this is all I ever run into in my day to day living.