My Daughter Enriches Her Vocabulary

How vocabulary expansion lessons go at our house:

Eight-year-old: "Dad, what's a 'hunch'?"

Me: "A feeling or a guess about something."

Eight-year-old: "I have a hunch that you are going to lose all your hair. You are going to be bald by the time you turn fifty."

Sigh

The Joy of Going Bald

Scene: the family is getting ready for the day. My nine-year-old daughter, who is ready to roll out the door, is less than patient while waiting and pleads with me to go right that very second.

Me, to S.: "I have to comb my hair first."

S.: "Why? Combing your hair is boring."

Me: "I know, but it's part of the daily routine. Plus, I like to comb my hair before I go outside the house and people see me."

S.: "Why? With your hair it doesn't matter."

Heavy sigh