I grew up in a family of girls, three sisters. I have all nieces. My first child is a girl. And now, at thirty, I find myself discovering the world of little boys.
When I heard the phrase, "Boys will be boys", I used to think to myself that this was a fancy way of excusing poor parenting skills. Now, I'm beginning to think that there might be something to this. It truly frightens me though. What exactly is this half of the species capable of, that I may not be expecting?
This morning, while sitting at the breakfast table, my three year old son begins singing his newest song: "Everybody, look at my peanit (three year old for you know what)." He then proceeded to make it available for all of us to see. I couldn't believe what was happening!
Now, this brings me to my next epiphany. Who in their right mind thought that little boys underwear should include a hole for poking out their parts? I mean really! Why encourage this behavior? I must say, women who mother sons have a much better understanding of men, then they could have before having had a son. I never had a brother, so I'm not sure if the same is true of sisters of brothers, but I'm afraid, for my daughter's childhood's sake that it probably is true.