When Your Kid Tells You to “Lick Your Phone”
Yesterday morning, I took Quinn to a doctor’s appointment. It was just a quick check-up for his ears . He got tubes put in about a year ago, so we go every 6 months to make sure they’re still doing their job. (Everything was a-ok.) While waiting for our appointment, I was playing around on my iPhone – doing who knows what. I was probably posting something on Instagram or scrolling mindlessly. I don’t even remember, and it honestly doesn’t matter for the point of this story. Quinn asked me something, and, because I was on my phone, I replied: “Say what, buddy?” (I now realize I say this wayyyy too often to him.) In response, he let out a frustrated sigh and said (what sounded like): “Lick your phone.” Quinn telling me to “lick my phone” definitely caught my attention. Right now, he’s battling a booger-y cold, so I made a joke about hygiene, but then it occurred to me what he actually said. Quinn told me to “brick my phone,” so I would pay attention to him. Holy cow, his statement h