4-Year-Old Cat Calls
(written July 26, 2007)
I just dropped my daughter off at daycare. As you enter the daycare building, you walk past a fenced-in outdoor play area. Beside the door three of the four- and five-year olds who were playing outside that morning, lined up inside of the fence.
As my daughter and I walked past, one of the boys said "Hi!" I said hello back, because it is not unusual for the kids to say hello in the morning. Then, one of the boys said to my daughter "Hey, baby." My daughter got really upset, and turned to me. Pointing at the offender, she said "He just called me a baby! I'm not a baby! I'm a big girl!" I ushered her in the door, assuring her that she was indeed a big girl. The way the boy said it, I wasn't sure if he really had simply called her a baby or if it was the typical male start of a conversation. I hoped for the former.
My hopes were dashed as I walked out of the building. Oh, yes. I was cat-called by the same group. "Hey, M___'s mom. What's up?" "Hey, baby." I just kept walking.
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