Work from home log: Lillian (5) enters room. Me: “Hiya Lillian!” Lillian: “Hiya Daddy. I have a meeting.” Me: “With who?” Lillian: “With you, and my imaginary friend, and your imaginary friends.” Me: “They are real friends.” Lillian (whispers): “Not always. I know. I knoooow.”
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Sometimes I don’t know how much of it is childlike free association, how much is gripping psychological thriller, and how much is “Kids are *much* sharper than we give them credit for.” (I sometimes use “a meeting” as excuse to shut door to decrease noise and help concentrate.)
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Meeting topic was discussing work priorities: Lillian: “We need to make money!” Me: “Well, while that is certainly also a goal, work is also about helping people.” Lillian: “You help people by making them money!” Me: “Lots of ways to do that.” Lillian: “But *you* do money!”
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Me: “... Well yes, that is something I do. For example, I help people with businesses...” Lillian: “And I know it’s computer money! Not paper money! Printer only prints boring papers!” Boring printer goes sobbbbbb.
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She has not heard that meme, as far as I know, but I think she understands that paper money must come from a printer somewhere.
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