I was out walking with my 3 years old daughter. She picked up something off the ground and started to put it in her mouth. I took the item away from her and I asked her not to do that.

“Why?” she asked.

“Because it’s been on the ground, you don’t know where it’s been, it’s dirty, and probably has germs,” I replied.

At this, my daughter looked at me with total admiration and asked,

“Mommy, how do you know all this, you are so smart.”

I Thought quickly and said: “All moms know this stuff. It’s on the Mom Test. You have to know it, or they don’t let you be a Mom.”

We walked along in silence for 2 or 3 minutes, and suddenly she cryed,

“Oh. . . I got it! So, mom, if you don’t pass that test you have to be the dad, right?”