“Consider the avocado. Its disproportionate half-moon shell is even shaped like an ovary. The creamy flesh shelters a single seed. This is the very definition of ‘fruit’.”
Obdurate and nine, he replies, “Get off your high horse, Mom. Fruit is sweet.”
Mom protests, “Not all fruit. Not tomatoes…”
“Tomatoes aren’t fruit.”
“Yes they … look, we’ll Google it together.”
He says, “I don’t want to Google it.”
“Look at this page,” she says. “It explains vegetables can be fruits, but fruits can’t be vegetables.”
“That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.”
“Just eat your lunch, Jeremy.”
“I don’t like avocados.”
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I don’t think that this Mom is going to get her son to have faith that avocados are tasty.… Read the rest