Last week, my five-year-old nephew asked me what I wanted to be when I grow up. Beaming with amusement that he thought I wasn't yet a grown up, I told him, "I want to be a lawyer."
His response? "You can't be a lawyer!" His head shaking and eyebrows furrowed, he said again, "You can't be a lawyer!"
At that point, my mom had to break it to him and said, "She's already a lawyer."
But my five-year-old nephew was insistent. "She's not a lawyer. Girls can't be lawyers."
Hmmm. That's when I became a little more than curious. "Why can't girls be lawyers? And what do you think I am if I'm not a lawyer?"
"You're a doctor. And girls can't be lawyers because lawyers are boss," he said in his five-year-old, duh-how-can-you-not-know-this, matter-of-fact way.
So, how could I argue with him?* How can I argue with that? :)
*I figured we can discuss the women-can't-be-boss-thing when he's a little older - hmmm, maybe next year. (wink smile)
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