Today is Youth Day for my employer. Anyone who wants can bring a kid (or kids) over 8 to work with them for the day. My agency is swarming with small enthusiastic bodies. In my department alone, we have 4 kids catching up our filing for us – and we are a tiny department. Anyway, I was walking down the hall a few minutes ago, and overheard the following quintessentially parental exchange.
Kid: Mom, your job is really hard!
Mom: Yes, it is. That’s why *you* need to get a good education, so you won’t have to do a job like this!
I just wish I’d heard the rest of it.