The thoughts of children

As many know, I am a single father… I realize that more likely than not, this isn’t the kind of blog to be commenting on children, but considering that I am focused on writing here more, it’s inevitable that my children will sometimes be part of the comments I make….

Today, my youngest said something that made me proud of him just for thinking about it….  We were in a drugstore picking up a few things and while in line…”Hey dad, why is a store that is suppose to make you feel better selling cigarettes?”  He’s 9 and albeit, that is mentally a lot older in todays standards than when I was that age… no, I’m not old, just using the reference….  I still felt this was an interesting thought for someone like him…. my response…”It’s just one more way to make money and most retailers only care about the money…”  Thinking about it later, I know thats not a really good answer, although it’s true, I couldn’t at the time come up with some kind of sugar coating at all… and thinking about it still, I don’t think I needed to, just seems like a blah answer to a great question…  his response…. “Well, thats dumb.”    I agreed.

The lady checking us out heard our banter and she didn’t even talk to us, just checked our things, took our money and away we went.