There's an old joke that a father once told his wife "it's time to find out what Junior will be when he grow up." The father then laid three items on the coffee table: a dollar bill, a Bible, and a bottle of liquor. "If he grabs the dollar, he will become a banker; if he grabs the Bible, he will be a pastor; and if he grabs the booze, he will be a bumb."
The two parents hid, and eventually Junior came by. He immediately stuffed the dollar bill in his pocket, drank the whole bottle of liquor, put the Bible under his arm, and while he left the room, he kicked the family cat. The father then looked at his wife and said "how 'bout that, he's going to be a lawyer!"
Jayden loves to help me whenever I'm assembling something or doing something "mechanical." His idea of help pretty much involves grabbing my tools and getting into any place he happens to fit. When I was replacing the brake pads on our car, for instance, he tried to shimmy under the car (Paige grabbed him before he went very far). Today I was putting together a night stand and Jayden ran off with my screwdriver.
I tried to get it back by trading a pair of pliers (it seemed to me that he would be less likely to hurt himself with pliers). I handed him the pliers and took the screwdriver out of his grubby hands. He followed me, handed me the pliers, gave me a no-nonsense three-year-old look, and took the screwdriver right back. So now I'm left wondering what he'll be when he grows up.
If he was thinking "it was fair when you did this to me, so it's fair if I do it to you," he will likely become a lawyer or politician. On the other hand, if he was thinking "OK, smartaleck, you just taught me that a screwdriver is worth exactly as much as a pair of pliers, so let's trade" he will become a businessman or economist. I'm not sure what to make of this. I guess I'll have to watch him closely to see what other character traits he has.
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