Out of the mouths of babes

My darling daughter is 3 years old. She has picked up the concept of ‘big’ and ‘small’ in the past few weeks. She says she is ‘small’ and her mother and father are ‘big’.  As with other kids her age, she is naughty at times. Nothing interesting so far, right?

 What is interesting is that she has this idea that as she grows up and becomes taller, her parents will grow shorter and younger. She says that when she is ‘big’ she will drive a car and take us to school. Then, we should not cry for chocolate and she will get us the same only if we have our lunch properly. She carries on in this vein.

 We tried explaining to her that when grows up we will not grow in the reverse direction.

 Then I thought – she does have a point….

 When kids are young, they are dependent on their parents for food, transportation, shelter etc. As they grow up, their parents grow older and move into retirement. Then, it is the kids turn to provide food, transportation, shelter etc. 

 Life turns a full circle….