Child logic
I was out walking with my grandson. He picked up something off of the ground and started to put it in his mouth. I took the item away from him and I asked him not to do that.
"Why?" my grandson asked.
"Because it's been on the ground; you don't know where it's been, it's dirty, and probably has germs. Sometimes germs make little boys sick and not feel good," I replied.
At this point, my grandson looked at me with total admiration and asked, "Grandma, how do you know all this stuff? You are so smart."
I was thinking quickly and said to him, "All Grandmas know stuff. It's on the Grandma Test. You have to know it, or they don't let you be a Grandma."
We walked along in silence for 2 or 3 minutes, but he
was evidently pondering this new information. "Oh...I get it!" he beamed, "so if you don't pass the test you have to be the Grandpa."
"Why?" my grandson asked.
"Because it's been on the ground; you don't know where it's been, it's dirty, and probably has germs. Sometimes germs make little boys sick and not feel good," I replied.
At this point, my grandson looked at me with total admiration and asked, "Grandma, how do you know all this stuff? You are so smart."
I was thinking quickly and said to him, "All Grandmas know stuff. It's on the Grandma Test. You have to know it, or they don't let you be a Grandma."
We walked along in silence for 2 or 3 minutes, but he
was evidently pondering this new information. "Oh...I get it!" he beamed, "so if you don't pass the test you have to be the Grandpa."
