O Really?

Error message upon entering last name into field to get credit report from Experian: "Your last name should have only letters and spaces".

This offends me both as a software tester and a feminist. Nobody thought of hyphens? Now I have to decide whether they want me to enter Shankle Knowlton, Knowlton, Shankle, or ShankleKnowlton.

I picked wrong so I have to submit a request by mail now.

A new post!

This one is short though.

Emerson's teacher at daycare told me that she had been stealing toys away from the other toddlers in her room.

I know that's not ideal and we'll work with her and continue to set a good example. But right now I'm pretty sure she's not capable of understanding the concept of MINE and YOURS.

But I wonder - and maybe parents of boys can fill me in - would my daughter's teacher have even told me about it if Emerson were a boy? Is it just expected that boys are going to be mean and rough, and it comes across as especially egregious when a girl does something like steal a toy? Just curious.