Mankind

I have won at mothering.  Wm and I were taking an "exercise walk" (Wm actually loves to go on walks with me and we race and have speed walk competitions - he always beats me) and we were talking about something and I said, "it would destroy all of mankind!" Wm stopped and goes, "Why is it 'mankind'?  Why is it not 'womankind' or 'personkind'?"  Yes, folks...I have won.  I am raising the best son ever.  His future wife better appreciate all my hard work.  I explained that that expression came about in a time when men were "the bosses" - but it's not like that anymore.  I told him about how Daddy would have been "the head of the household" and he could have bossed us around, beaten us, or done whatever he wanted to either of us since his word would have been law.  Then I said, "and when you grew up, you would have been boss of your family that way." And Wm says, "I would NEVER act like that.  Even in old times." Then he paused and goes, "kids are still not equal."  So we talked about how Mommy and Daddy set limits because we love him and want him to be a happy, healthy kid.  I told him we hope that when he grows up, he will be a happy, healthy adult even when we're not around to teach and protect him and that's what we're trying to do when we tell him his screen time is up or to eat his carrots.  So he'll know not to play iPad for 24 hours straight or eat nothing but white bread and potato chips.  I told him he sees how Daddy and I try to make good choices and it's because of what we learned as kids.  That seemed to appease him, but not completely.  His little brain is always workin'.

Wm is currently outside jumping into huge piles of leaves that I spent all morning raking up for him.  Steve has mowed and fixed up the yard for winter and it looks amazing!  Although...I'm not sure I'm ready for winter.