~ the evolution of dreams ~
January 13, 2005,8:55 a.m.
yesterday
i overheard a young (very young, like probably not up to my knees young) child ask its caretaker (somehow i don't think the woman was her mother) "do you ever get lonely?"
how do you answer those things? honestly, for one thing, i know. but it's always startling (although i guess it shouldn't be) to hear what people consider 'grown-up' things coming out of a five-year-old's mouth. i mean, i was a kid once. i must have asked difficult questions. (i know my little brother did. A LOT.) i always find, when i look after the two little kids that i've known for a year now, that they are often much wiser than a lot of grown-ups i know. i wonder if our wisdom falls out of our ears around age 14 or so.
some people manage to keep it. and they certainly don't have cotton in their ears, that's for sure.
how do you answer those things? honestly, for one thing, i know. but it's always startling (although i guess it shouldn't be) to hear what people consider 'grown-up' things coming out of a five-year-old's mouth. i mean, i was a kid once. i must have asked difficult questions. (i know my little brother did. A LOT.) i always find, when i look after the two little kids that i've known for a year now, that they are often much wiser than a lot of grown-ups i know. i wonder if our wisdom falls out of our ears around age 14 or so.
some people manage to keep it. and they certainly don't have cotton in their ears, that's for sure.
posted by sappho
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