It’s just another one of those things, an example of how a child’s mind works and how their minds simply function differently from ours.

My 4 year-old daughter has been into watching old Bugs Bunny cartoons. I think it’s pretty cool actually how she digs the retro stuff that I grew up on. Anyway one of her favourite character is Sylvester the cat. However, she and I had a bit of a disagreement on his identity the other day.

You see, she had seen numerous sketches of that pesky black and white kitty trying to get the Tweety bird. She knew that was Sylvester. Pretty straightforward. However, if you are around my age range and remember those cartoons, Sylvester also appears in a number of sketches with his son and they are being tormented by a giant mouse which is actually a young kangaroo. Well, in those sketches, Sylvester is continually referred to as ‘Father’ by his young son.

When I tried to talk to Sloane about Sylvester and his son and the kangaroo/mouse, she would have nothing to do with it. We ended up arguing back and forth (have you ever argued with a 4 year-old?). Sloane would keep insisting, “It’s not Sylvester. It’s Father!” I mean, she is correct in a way. But  those sketches are just portraying Sylvester the cat as the father in those particular sketches. Good lord, can’t you see that child???