Grownups are Boring

8-year-old: Do grownups ever get bored?
Me: Sure. Why do you ask.
8-year-old: It seems like you never get bored.
Me: Really? How so?
8-year-old: Because you spend so much time doing boring things like typing on your computer and looking at papers and cleaning the house.

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Jessica CalarcoKids, Work, Housework
Pandemic Play

8-year-old: Kids at school play this game called Infection where everyone is It. I don’t like it, because eventually I’m being chased by a wall of people, and some people lie and say they’re not It, and then tag you. And it seems like there’s no way to in.
Me: Very on-the-nose.

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Jessica CalarcoKids, Covid, Play, School
Eaten by a Dinosaur

4-year-old: Would you be dead if a dinosaur ate you?

Me: Yes, you'd be dead if a dinosaur ate you.

4-year-old: No. Would you be dead if a dinosaur ate you?

Me: Yes, I would be. And you would be dead if a dinosaur ate you too.

4-year-old: I wasn't alive when there were dinosaurs.

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Jessica Calarco