Wait– you DO?! Well this changes everything.

Kid: “My band teacher says that boys are better at the trumpet but I think girls can do anything boys can do.”
Me: ” I totally agree. I think she just meant that it’s EASIER for boys, because their bodies are built differently.”
Kid (dramatic head-in-hands): “Oh brother.”
Me: “Oh, sorry. Was it something I said?”
Kid: “I KNOW how boys and girls are different, Ms. Emily. But you play the trumpet with your MOUTH.”