*FFB = frum from birth, ortho-lingo for raised religious.
Well, today I had a conversation with my 3year-old that I couldn't have participated in until after I was 20 years old.
dd: How can Aba (daddy) be the king?
me: Because he's the Aba of the house, that makes him king.
dd: But how can there be two kings?
Already a deep concept.
me: There aren't two kings, Aba is the king and Ima (me, mommy) is the queen. That's it.
dd: But Hashem (G-d) is the King.
Stunned silence.
me: That's true, Hashem is the King of the whole world and Aba is king of this house.
Wow. So exciting and validating to know my children are getting a head start on all the questioning I navigated in college. Course I hope I always know the right thing to say even when I don't have the answers!
*FFB = frum from birth, ortho-lingo for raised religious.
Well, today I had a conversation with my 3year-old that I couldn't have participated in until after I was 20 years old.
dd: How can Aba (daddy) be the king?
me: Because he's the Aba of the house, that makes him king.
dd: But how can there be two kings?
Already a deep concept.
me: There aren't two kings, Aba is the king and Ima (me, mommy) is the queen. That's it.
dd: But Hashem (G-d) is the King.
Stunned silence.
me: That's true, Hashem is the King of the whole world and Aba is king of this house.
Wow. So exciting and validating to know my children are getting a head start on all the questioning I navigated in college. Course I hope I always know the right thing to say even when I don't have the answers!
Awesome job you are doing, Mommy!!
ReplyDeleteWhat if I said I had no idea where she got the idea? lol. School maybe? Maybe I said something in passing and she remembered it? No idea how the randomness of a toddler works :)
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