[Forwarded from a mother]
I was out walking with my then 4 year old daughter. She picked up something
off the ground and started to put it in her mouth. I asked her not to do
that.
“Why?” she asked.
“Because it’s been lying outside and is dirty and probably has germs.”
At this point, she looked at me with total admiration and asked, “Wow! How
do you know all this stuff?”
“Uh,” I was thinking quickly, “everyone knows this stuff. Um, it’s on the
Mommy test. You have to know it, or they don’t let you be a Mommy.”
We walked along in silence for 2 or 3 minutes, but she was evidently
pondering this new information. “I get it!” she beamed. “Then if you flunk,
you have to be the Daddy.”
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Dr Bob Griffin, www.grif.net