Here’s a conversation my 6 year old niece and mother had while walking by a St. Louis Legion Hall (that proudly displays an old WWII Howitzer). I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Here’s a conversation my 6 year old niece and mother had while walking by a St. Louis Legion Hall (that proudly displays an old WWII Howitzer). I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Katy: What’s that?
Mom: That’s a howitzer. It’s a big gun that they used to shoot down planes in World War II.
Katy: Is that the war that Uncle Jay was in?
Mom: No, that was the war in Afghanistan.
Katy: Is that the war that Poppy was in?
Mom: No, that was the Vietnam War.
Katy: Well, who was in that war, then?
Mom: Both of your great poppies were in that war.
Katy: There sure are a lot of wars, Grandma.
Mom: Yes there are.
Katy: Seems kinda stupid doesn’t it?
Mom: Yes it does, Katy.
Katy: Why do they always have wars?
Mom: I don’t know, Katy.
Katy: I think it’s ‘cause they don’t know how to talk to each other. I think most people get in arguments ‘cause they don’t know how to talk to each other.
Mom: So do I Katy.
We're thinking she might skip a grade.