Cooties

Chance and I were enjoying a good read in the book,"Chicken Soup for the Kids Soul," when the concept of cooties came up. The story was talking about how in the 2nd grade, the author found out that girls have cooties. I turned to Chance and asked him if he knew what cooties were. He screwed up his face and said,"Cooties? What are cooties?!"

Ah, my innocent little boy. Apparently this hearing loss of yours has denied you of knowing one of life's worst kept secrets: boys and girls acquire cooties at a certain age. No one can exactly describe what cooties are, but everyone has known several people that have them.

Have you ever tried to explain what cooties are to someone else? I kind of just figured my kids would just 'know' when the time was right in their lives. Kind of like the same way they know how to walk at a certain time in their lives.

Maybe, the answer lies in the question. Maybe it just is not Chance's time to 'know' yet about the life stage that is cooties. Since he can hear just fine now, maybe his ears and mind will combine and confer on Chance the rite of passage that is the knowledge that the opposite sex does indeed have cooties. Whatever exactly those are.