Oh my-- yes.

When your 4yo confesses to you that she's not sure how parents "stand so much noise and rambunctiosness." (Meaning, in NT agemates.)

When you try desperately to evade other parents in the "so what is your child doing" watercooler chit-chat. Or you tell them half truths.

"{Child} is really enjoying reading" (yeah, reading A Brief History of Time, at 8yo)

"Oh, she's still really into dolls." (Yes, DD7 regularly reenacts 18th and 19th century causes of child mortality with them... in order to make play with her American Girls a bit more... er... authentic. I think that Kit is now partially disabled, since she has post-polio syndrome. DD really wanted an iron lung for her dolls last week.) eek



Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.