Confuse-a-Kid
Jul. 10th, 2014 10:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pantryslutShort bus stop conversation today:
3-year old girl in a tiara, to me: "Are you a mom?"
Me: "Yes. These are my kids."
Simone: "We're five years old."
Tiara child, to my children: "Are you sisters?"
April: "Yes."
Simone: "No."
April: "We're twins."
Me, indicating Simone: "She's the brother." Indicating April: "She's the sister." I do not think about my pronoun choice and Simone does not correct me, but this might explain the odd look tiara child gives me.
After a moment, tiara child indicates the person sitting next to her: "She's my nanny." Nanny looks to be in her 20s and Latina. Greetings are exchanged.
Nanny, looking at my kids: "Are they mixed?"
Me: "Yes, they are."
Tiara child: "What does mixed mean?"
Me: "It means their Daddy is black."
Again I get an odd look from tiara child. I just shrug. The nanny doesn't seem at all fazed by any of my answers. Soon everyone is distracted by a rainbow stripe of light beneath one of the bus stop seats.
3-year old girl in a tiara, to me: "Are you a mom?"
Me: "Yes. These are my kids."
Simone: "We're five years old."
Tiara child, to my children: "Are you sisters?"
April: "Yes."
Simone: "No."
April: "We're twins."
Me, indicating Simone: "She's the brother." Indicating April: "She's the sister." I do not think about my pronoun choice and Simone does not correct me, but this might explain the odd look tiara child gives me.
After a moment, tiara child indicates the person sitting next to her: "She's my nanny." Nanny looks to be in her 20s and Latina. Greetings are exchanged.
Nanny, looking at my kids: "Are they mixed?"
Me: "Yes, they are."
Tiara child: "What does mixed mean?"
Me: "It means their Daddy is black."
Again I get an odd look from tiara child. I just shrug. The nanny doesn't seem at all fazed by any of my answers. Soon everyone is distracted by a rainbow stripe of light beneath one of the bus stop seats.
