A Kid Like Jake Page #2

a roomful of children playing.

"Ignoring physical attributes

how would they identify

your child?"

You tell 'em about this?

- That is not funny!

- No!

That's exactly the kind of thing

that sounds

like parent bullshit.

But that is not bullshit!

He was hours old!

Developmentally,

babies don't typically

do that for days, at least.

- Yeah.

- He was clearly advanced --

- Oh, be careful, be careful!

- Oh, sh*t!

What is she doing

on the toaster oven?

She's drying.

Her head broke off.

I guess she fell,

and he came out sobbing

with this decapitated Cinderella

like she'd been guillotined.

- So what, you superglued her?

- Well..

You know, I kept insisting

that she's fine.

I told him that

was another necklace.

Oh.

- He buy that?

- I think?

Mm-hmm.

I've always said

the more attention we pay now

the more we really listen

the more engaged and confident

they'll be.

Not just in school,

but their whole lives.

Which is why it is so important

to create a preschool atmosphere

where children

are encouraged to be

their truest,

most authentic selves.

At this age, that's really

the most important thing.

Yeah, but they're just

playing all day, right?

I mean, basically,

what you've got here

is a, a well-funded playroom.

Well..

Uh, the truth is

uh, creativity and imagination

are both foundational

for all types

of higher learning.

A colleague of mine

wrote a great book

on the subject,

if you're interested.

It's very accessible.

- If it's crap, you can tell me.

- Hush.

It's just so hard

to pitch him --

Oh, trust me, I get it.

I get it.

I am almost..

...done.

Okay.

- My God, your face!

- What?

No -- no. M -- maybe this is

not even worth it.

- Stop. It's terrific.

- Really?

Yes.

There's only one thing --

No, of course.

I mean, you must have notes.

You talk about his imagination,

which is great

since that's really

the best indicator.

Why not use that as a lead-in

to talk a little about

his gender expansive play.

But anecdotes.

So you mean, like..

It could be anything, really.

I was in his classroom

on Tuesday

and he, and Emily, and Michelle

were creating

their own fairy tale

this enchanted forest.

And they'd made trees

out of chairs and pillows

and, and Jake..

Jake was this princess

who didn't know

she was a princess.

And Emily was the witch

who was keeping her locked up

and Michelle was somebody's

helper or something, but..

Anyway, it was really Jake..

...who was the ringleader.

You -- you think talking

about that would..

I -- I mean,

I'm -- I'm sure you're right

I just wanna make sure

that I understand.

Well, for one thing,

someone's gonna read this

and then

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