On the Sunny Side Up

Being involved in the childcare industry, I tend to hear some superb snippets of wisdom from the tiny humans. However, maybe due to how different children are with regards to how they see the world, they also produce some extraordinarily bizarre theories. As the case generally is in school, so truthfully reflected in today's American kids' sitcoms, certain hierarchies and rites of passage need to be adhered to to be elevated to the podium of 'cool'. However, nothing, not the tiny skirts, nor the lumberjack shirts nor the neon flooding the nightclubs prepared me from the conversation between three 9 year old girls in the back of my car the other afternoon.  'I want braces.' Now begging the obvious, which is what are 9 year old girls wearing pants with braces for, I had to actively work the muscles in my face not to ask any questions. Instead I listened further to confirm my suspicions - that the young ladies were in fact talking about oral apparatus and not mensw...