Sound Logic?

by Angie on February 7, 2010

I took Logic in college. Frankly, I didn’t enjoy it. At all. Probably because my logic doesn’t always follow the if-then rules.

I’m afraid I may have passed this faulty reasoning process onto my children.

Tonight Jacob said, “are boys girls?”

I responded, “No. Boys are boys and girls are girls”.

He then said, “but some boys wear dresses and wear pink shoes?”

I countered, “yes, some boys wear pink shoes”.

At which point he said, “So. Boys ARE girls”.

Um no.

I guess I have some explaining to do.

{ 20 comments }

1 Casey February 7, 2010 at 10:13 pm: Ahhh yes….I love it when they leave you speechless. Some things in life are just hard to explain!! Good luck with that one
2 Melissa February 7, 2010 at 11:15 pm: Good luck and may the force be with you.
3 Melinda Twitter: lkwhtmomfound February 8, 2010 at 6:51 am: just tell em “the clothes don’t make the man”
4 Jennifer February 8, 2010 at 6:58 am: I’m not sure he is grasping the whole what makes you a boy thing.
5 erica Twitter: mommysstillfab February 8, 2010 at 7:11 am: What a conundrum…. oh, good luck, my friend
6 beth aka confusedhomemaker Twitter: beths_confusion February 8, 2010 at 7:48 am: It gets more confusing when you try to explain it to a room full of college students & you are talking about a lot more than just a boy in a pink dress. Oh, my!
7 Rocio Twitter: mami_picture February 8, 2010 at 7:56 am: oh my! I had that conversation with my almost 10 yr old 3 yrs ago…I am just glad it went well… =0
8 Susie's Homemade February 8, 2010 at 7:57 am: Life is so confusing!
9 kristin February 8, 2010 at 8:02 am: so who is this little boy wearing a dress and pink shoes?

LOL. Good luck.
10 Mama Zen February 8, 2010 at 10:32 am: Have fun with that!
11 Rhonda Twitter: rhondaslife February 8, 2010 at 11:25 am: But, Mom… Some boys really ARE girls, though!! Scarey, but true! lol
12 Jen @ buried with children February 8, 2010 at 2:02 pm: LOL!

So, how did you explain that one?
13 T Rex Mom February 8, 2010 at 3:27 pm: I dd not know they even taught such things in college – glad to see I did not miss much. Doesn’t seem to have helped with these such conundrums!
14 jennyleite February 8, 2010 at 4:16 pm: Haha. So funny.
We have recently been discussing these types of things in our house too. My girls seem to think boys are not allowed to have long hair. LOL

We haven’t even gotten to pink dresses yet
15 Jenners February 8, 2010 at 6:15 pm: Well, kid logic is a whole different thing! The usual rules don’t apply.
16 Heather February 8, 2010 at 10:07 pm: I love their little brains. They way they work! Always good for entertaining us!
17 Kathy February 8, 2010 at 10:10 pm: Thats a hard one …..send him over to dad for that question, see has he answers. Too funny!
18 Erin Twitter: ErinsMiracles February 8, 2010 at 10:13 pm: Yikes….good luck with that one!!
19 Melissa February 9, 2010 at 8:54 am: How funny!!! My kids saw some dude with a mini skirt and heals on and Emma looks at me and says, “That’s just not RIGHT!” Cracks me up!
20 Adrian February 13, 2010 at 11:31 pm: Yeah, we had to have this discussion during Project Runway, of all things. They had a challenge that involved designing dresses for drag queens. At first my son (age 11) was a little freaked out, but then he just thought it was funny! I’ve probably scarred him for life, but what the heck! He’s got to have something interesting to talk to his therapist about.