A thought-provoking observation

This morning on the way to school, Charlie observed that there aren't very many boy teachers and there aren't very many girl police.

Interesting that this observation bothers me more now that I have a little girl. And he didn't even say that boys can't be teachers or girls can't be police, just that there aren't many. Which is true.

I tried to use this to initiate a thought-provoking conversation about how anyone can be whatever they want to be. But Joseph responded that girls can't play major league baseball. That one was tougher. I doubt there is an out-and-out ban on women trying out for the big leagues. But has it ever happened?

Interesting that these things never bothered me growing up. But somehow, now that I have a little girl growing up with three brothers--three brothers whose butt she can already kick, by the way--I hate to think of her believing that there is something they can do that she can't.