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Sunday, June 28, 2009

Return Flight

I think it is unwise, even if you are clearly a practiced grandfather, to tell a small boy you have never met before who is waiting to get on a plane that is over an hour late to board that he shouldn't suck his thumb. If the child's mother is mildly unpleasant to you, you have it coming. It also won't help if your wife tries to make the child's mother feel bad by saying that you're an orthodontist and would know better than she does about the implications of thumb-in-mouth. Air travel isn't a moment where this kid's mother is inclined to think in the long term. I know her well enough to know this.

posted by Elise at 6:40 PM

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1 Comments:

Laura K. Curtis said...

It's not a good thing to say this sort of thing to the boy's aunt, either, or you might get worse than I am sure you did from the boy's mother.

6/29/2009 7:58 AM

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