Kids Say the Damnedest Things

“Your eyes look silly.”

“If you don’t eat meat, you’ll grow smaller and smaller.”

Comments directed at Olivia by two different kids at her preschool this week. Olivia responded to both gibes, just as I might even now had I been in her position, by crying her “silly” eyes out. Alas, while the teachers’ responses were appropriate and appreciated, we were left to pick up the broken spirit of our child, not to mention the broken pieces of our aching hearts.