My Small Moment

This week my 3-year-old daughter asked me a question.  What the question was, I cannot remember, but I did not repond quickly and my husband answered for me.  Immediately, my daughter looked at him and asked, "Is your name Mommy?"  I knew I should scold her for talking back to an adult like that, but I could not retain my laughter.  In that moment, I saw a miniature version of myself asking one of the sarcastic questions that I have been known to use with my students and, most likely, a question used by a daycare teacher when an overly excited 3-year-old knows the color on the flashcard and doesn't want to wait her turn.  Thankfully, this time, she repeated something cure, but I was reminded that, as an adult and especially as a mother and teacher, I am always setting an example for children to follow and I need to do my best to make sure that example is a good one that will lead the children that are imitating me down a path that will bring them success.