one of the most enlightening aspects of parenting a preschooler is all the questions you get to answer that make you feel like a total idiot.i'm not talking about "why is the sky blue?" or "where do babies come from?" or "how long is forever?"
it's stuff that's much more complicated than that.
the other day, we were in the car, driving along, and listening to the radio. lady gaga's "edge of glory" came on, and the girls and i jammed to its happy, upbeat tune. then, seemingly out of nowhere, summer inquires, "why is she in danger?"
blink. blink.
"uh, honey, she's not in real danger, it's just a song."
whew. narrow escape.
"but why does she say 'dangerous'?"
blink. blink.
uh...uh...think back, think back, the song says, "it's hard to feel the rush/to push the dangerous/i'm gonna run right to, to the edge with you/where we can both fall over in love." it's nonsense. nonsense, i tell you!
dangerous...dangerous...why does she say 'dangerous'? come on emily, answer the question. where's that college scholarship, that only person to get the bonus question on the calculus test right, that published research on positioning theory, that magna cum laude? where are they to save me now?!
okay, it's lady gaga. she's probably at a bar. she sees a dude she likes. she wants to run around and be dangerous with him. she decides to write a power ballad about it...
just say something!!
"um, because it's dangerous to go home with people you don't know."
post script: see update here.
1 comment:
This post makes me laugh. Good answer mom! Just wait until they are in first grade and are struggling over a math problem and just when you try to help, they tell you "you don't know this kind of math mom. its hard." Uh, I think I passed the first grade once before. Be glad she still thinks you know everything! :)
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