I was pregnant with Karenna while I was still teaching high school English classes. Perhaps some of that rubbed off. After all, I hadn't expected my kindergartner to observe the following...
Karenna (while watching Doctor Who): Did you ever notice how all stories have problems in them?
Me (getting very proud and excited): Yes! That's called conflict. Some are problems with one person and another person; that's called man versus man. Others are problems with the earth or the weather: man versus nature. Then people have problems with themselves: man versus himself. And the last one is one person has to prove himself against everyone else: man versus society. Which one is this?
Karenna: Man versus man.
[I tweeted the event.]
Chris: Mommy, will you get off the computer and watch the show with the rest of the family?
Me: I will, but first I had to share this moment with the whole Internet.
And now I did it again.
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