Sean Moncrieff: If you run the numbers, all parents lie to their children If genetics defines one’s future, then my daughter is doomed when it comes to maths
Sat, Jan 16, 2021, 06:00 Sean Moncrieff
Nearly every day, Daughter Number Four has a new expression, most of which seem to have their own internal logic. “I’m going to kill you in the face” is a current favourite. When we woke up to snow on New Year’s Eve, she was delighted but surprised. She told us that she didn’t know we had snow in this world.
Those phrases may imply that she’s a violent alien, but given that she’s just turned five, we’re holding off on any judgments for now. We’re more pleased that she issues her threats in a syntactically correct way.