Today My Kid told me that the Urban Assembly School Of Math and Science for Young Women is her first choice and NEST (New Explorations into Science, Technology & Math) is her second choice. She’s nine!
Yikes!
Why doesn’t she want to audition for the public school for dance or one of those schools that specializes in theater or art??? After all we’re living in New York City for Pete’s sake!
I feel like one of those parents who wants their kid to be a doctor or a lawyer while the kid is planning to sing or design clothes.
When I was 9 years old, I aspired to be the featured baton twirler featured on TV during football halftime.
It must be The Husband that My Kid is taking after.
Or, maybe it’s the mass media that is affecting my child. As I write this, she’s watching a tween sitcom on Nickelodeon in which the plot revolves around a member of a boy band who disguised himself as a girl to attend an all girl school where the girls and their teacher insult the intelligence of boys.