A second grader came home from school and said to her mother, “Mom, guess what? “We learned how to make babies today.”
The mother, more than a little surprised, tried to keep her cool.
“That’s interesting,” she said. “How do you make babies?”
“It’s simple,” replied the girl. “You just change ‘y’ to ‘i’ and add ‘es’.”
The girl was talking about spelling rules—how to make words plural (like “baby” to “babies”) by changing “y” to “i” and adding “es.”
The mother let out a sigh of relief and smiled, realizing her daughter had misunderstood. She gently ruffled her hair and said, “Well, I’m glad you learned about spelling today, but just to clarify… there’s actually a bit more to making babies than just changing a letter.”
The girl looked up at her, wide-eyed. “Really?”
“Oh yes,” her mother replied with a chuckle. “But don’t worry, you’ll learn about that much later—when you’re much older.”
The little girl nodded solemnly, thinking for a moment before asking, “So, if I change ‘dog’ to ‘dogs,’ is that how puppies are made?”
The mother laughed again, shaking her head. “Something like that, sweetie. Something like that.”