While in line at the bank one afternoon,

my toddler decided to release

some pent-up energy and ran amok.

I was finally able to grab hold of

her after receiving looks of disgust

and annoyance from other patrons.

I told her that if she did not start behaving

'right now' she would be punished.

To my horror, she looked me in the eye and said

in a voice just as threatening,

'If you don't let me go right now,

I will tell Grandma that I saw you

kissing Daddy's pee-pee last night!'

The silence was deafening after this enlightening

exchange. Even the tellers stopped what they were doing.

I mustered up the last of my dignity and walked

out of the bank with my daughter in tow.

The last thing I heard when the door closed behind me, were

screams of laughter.