I stand corrected.

From the day of his birth, my little boy has challenged me.  Challenged me with his behavior, with his inquisitive conversations and in the game of Uno or Monopoly.  Let’s just say that he likes to have the last word.  At everything.  I could not imagine where he has inherited this trait from.  Certainly not from me! (wink, wink.)

Like all good parents, I have consistently, emphatically told both of my children, from the day the exited the womb, that no matter what, they could become anything they wanted to be.  ANYTHING!    When they were wee little ones, they loved hearing that from me.  “You mean I can become a professional four square player if I wanted to?”  Yup, you certainly can!  I would always follow-up with discussions about hard work, determination, setting goals and of course, college.  More than anything, I want my boys to graduate from college.  Maybe because I never did, and we all know that parents want more for their children.

Last week, while driving somewhere to something, we once again started talking about the future, what interests they had this week, as they often change!  I, being the good Mom that I am, told my boys that the “future is yours.  Yours to choose.  You can be anything you desire, become ANYTHING you want!”

My youngest little smarty pants interrupted me and said, “I really wish you would stop saying that all of the time.  It is not true.  We cannot be anything in the world.  We can’t!”  Here is the rest of our conversation that took place:

ME: “Of course you can!  The world is in your hands.  You can be anything!”

BOY: “Mom, that is a lie.  Not true!”

ME:  “Why would you say that?  With hard work and determination, you can!  You can be anything you want to be!

BOY:  “I can’t become the Queen of England.”

I didn’t know what to say to that, because clearly, he cannot become the Queen of England.  He made sure to add that “of course, I would not want to be, but I am trying to prove my point.”

So, I am guessing maybe a lawyer?

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