I used to baby sit my friend's son. She was a single mom, and she had a female room mate. So, the little boy rarely had a male influence in his life. One day when he was 4, I decided to bring him to the Children's Discovery Museum. He was carrying a spankin new Hot Wheels backpack that his grandmother got for him. We sat down for lunch with the kid on one side of me and his backpack on the other side of me. At one point, he wanted to play with one of the cars in his backpack, so we had this little exchange:
Mike: "Aris..."
Aris: "Yeah, Mike?"
Mike: "Can you please hand me my purse?"
Aris: "Um, you mean your backpack, right?"
Mike: "No, it's my purse."
Aris: "No, it's your backpack."
Mike: "OK, it's my backpack..."
Mike: "Aris..."
Aris: "Yeah, Mike?"
Mike: "Can you please hand me my purse?"