MY STREETWISE 10-YEAR OLD

By Dan Miller
March 10, 2009 

My daughter sees and hears things pretty clearly. 

She asked me rhetorically, "Why is it that whenever I answer the phone, if it's an adult, they always say - "How's school going?" 

"Do they always say that?" I asked her. 

"Yes, unless it's summer, then they ask, 'How's vacation going?" 

We adults are so conversationally limited. 

And kids know it.