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My 6 year old told her class I 'watch people get confused on phones'. How did you explain your job?

amber_kettle_777

It's not wrong, which is the problem. I run research sessions where people try out apps while we watch and take notes. She's overheard a few of those calls and drawn her own conclusion, and now her class 2 teacher thinks I spy on people for a living. I tried 'I help make apps easier to use' and she said 'then why are they still confusing'. Fair 🤷 What do you tell your kids you do? Especially if your job doesn't come with a uniform or a building they can point at.

6 comments

  • saffron_bookmark_5025

    easy in our house, we make food. though my older one tells people i 'cook for strangers and then do maths'. the maths is the order book

  • ochre_moon_2241

    at six my son said i 'draw boxes and then argue about the boxes'. he's fifteen now and hasn't changed his answer. can't say he's wrong

  • rose_notebook_1879

    Family business here. For years my daughter told people her father 'drinks tea with uncles', because that's all she saw when she came to the office. Not completely inaccurate 🤷

  • mellow_river_386

    mine's too small to ask yet. i've got 'i fix hearts' ready and i'm hoping it holds until he figures out what the night calls are

  • citrus_quilt_3751

    my daughter's version: 'she shows people a computer and then they say no'. some weeks that's the whole job

  • breezy_badminton_3562

    Vice principal. Mine told her whole class I 'scold the teachers'. Took years to live that down 😂 She starts college next month and still says it at family dinners

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