No One is Just One “Thing”
I recently had an opportunity to share my opinion on a topic I feel pretty strongly about. Which, as you know, does not narrow down the options AT ALL.
Anyway, the crux of it is this: we do our children and ourselves a disservice with the cultural habit of limiting, or implying limits, when supplying the one line answer expected response to: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” and, “What do you do?” As if one line can sum up a life story or person’s identity.
None of us are, or
You know my son, Marcus, of course. Short guy, with the hat…? Yeah, you remember.
