This week Robin and Peter saw some of the Canadian military ships in the Halifax Harbour. We have been diligent to keep the news about the earthquake away from the kids. We didn't realize how effective we had been until Robin pointed out the ships and that they went to Haiti after the earthquake to help the people. Peter wanted to know why. So Robin explained that they had food to give out. Peter said, "Why did the people need food?"
We know there are lots of knowledge "hooks" that Peter is lacking. But we didn't expect poverty in Haiti to be one of them.
There are also cultural differences that sometimes become apparent. Peter has been adamant that women can't be police officers and I'm sure in Haiti they can't. But this is somewhat funny because that is Robin's profession and Peter has been introduced to several female coworkers. However, they were never in uniform. So today we saw a female police officer patrolling the Halifax Commons on horseback. Even though Peter saw it with his own eyes, he refused to acknowledge that she was a woman. We took a picture for proof, but he won't admit it.
2 comments:
I love how even the horse is looking at Peter!!! Way to go with the soccer Peter!!
The Warners
Very cute story! My kids are very scared of police officers... wish I knew the background story there. We are going to go to the police dept and meet the friendly officers and hopefully ease some fears!
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