The other night SM and I were hanging out in the living room. It was nearing bedtime so I began to tidy up the living room (I am a type -A and have to have things picked up before I go to bed). At one point I ask SM to take something to the kitchen to throw away- a napkin or juice box, etc. He does as requested but within moments of returning to the living room he says to me:

“Mom, did you know that some Moms treat their kids like servants?”

My jaw drops and I about fall to the floor laughing. Is he insinuating that I am making him be my servant? Where does he hear this stuff? It is too much and too funny.

I pause for a moment and then I reply with:

“Really, I heard that some kids treat their Moms like servants. That they make them get them juice and snacks and take them places like soccer.”

Kids say the darnedest things!