independent kid
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First I wouldn’t use kid, I would use child. For that age range we would (BritE) probably say toddler.
We wouldn't. In the UK, children of 4-5 are already starting school. They definitely are not "toddlers".
Toddlers are 1 - 3 years old.
Toddlers are 1 - 3 years old.
My daughter is 4 years old and she climbed on a hallway unit to take off her jacket and I wanted to tell my wife she can do a lot of things by herself, like to put on her shoes and get dressed without our help. So, I don't know how would a native english speaker would call such a child in one word.
We still need to see the complete sentence in which you would use the phrase.
I just wanted to say, oh, look at her, she is so.... independed child, self-helpful child. That's it. I just wanted to point she has grown a little and can do things by herself.
So, we were getting to go to a birthday party and we were getting dressed. My wife and daughter were in the hallway and, as I said, my daughter climbed up the hallway unit to take her jacket off the hanger and she did it. My wife just showed me with her glance (meaning look at it) and I decided to comment about my daughter: Oh, she is such a .... kid. (If I'm still not clear, I'll keep trying my explanation
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So, we were getting to go to a birthday party and we were getting dressed. My wife and daughter were in the hallway and, as I said, my daughter climbed up the hallway unit to take her jacket off the hanger and she did it. My wife just showed me with her glance (meaning look at it) and I decided to comment about my daughter: Oh, she is such a .... kid. (If I'm still not clear, I'll keep trying my explanation
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I don’t believe that we Brits have a term for it that we use in casual conversation.I just wanted to say, oh, look at her, she is so.... independed child, self-helpful child. That's it. I just wanted to point she has grown a little and can do things by herself.
So, we were getting to go to a birthday party and we were getting dressed. My wife and daughter were in the hallway and, as I said, my daughter climbed up the hallway unit to take her jacket off the hanger and she did it. My wife just showed me with her glance (meaning look at it) and I decided to comment about my daughter: Oh, she is such a .... kid. (If I'm still not clear, I'll keep trying my explanation
Ok, I see. But how would you praise your kid if he/she would be capable of doing such things as I describle by her/his own?
You would either say “Good girl/boy” or you would simply use their Christian name:”Well done Mary/James etc”.
I can easily imagine a parent saying "Oh, she is getting to be such a big girl now", or "Look at you, Masha! You are doing it the way big girls do it!"
She's getting so grown up!/ She's so clever!
Thank you very much for clearing it up. Appriciate it.
Thank you very much, it was really helpful!
Yes, it is a good expresion, but I address not to my daughter, I say it to my wife and I'm telling her "look how big and clever our girl it". Anyway thank you for your help. Just want to mention it, in Russiuan we can just say: literally "oh, she is so independant girl" it is word for word translation and I feel something about this phrase doesn't sit right with me, so I decided to ask. Now it happens that "we Brits don't have a term for it that we use in casual conversation". I think I could get address this question to Russian who live in the UK or US or any other English speaking country and I guess I'll do it and get back to this topic if I get any different comment to my question from them.
I agree, Yohakoha, with your choice of words. A lot of small children aren't taught to do things for themselves. The child shows signs of independence.
I could easily say, "She's getting to be so independent, isn't she?" I might boast to a friend that "My little girl is very independent (for her age)".
I could easily say, "She's getting to be so independent, isn't she?" I might boast to a friend that "My little girl is very independent (for her age)".