Conversation with 6-year-old Ariana last week on our way home from school . . .
Ariana: “Mom, do you know what ‘photo spores’ are?”
Lori: “Uh . . . no.”
Ariana: “I’ll give you a clue: They are responsible for an organism’s bioluminescence. Do you know what ‘bioluminescence’ is?”
Mom: “Uh . . . no.”
Ariana: <patient sigh!> “I’ll give you an example: Jellyfish are bioluminescent because they have photo spores. It’s kind of like glowing in the dark.”
And I thought that parents only become “dumb” during their children’s teenage years.