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I'm at a boys little league practice and the ground is understandably muddy. It's rained here recently. In fact it's rained a lot. The boys are kneeling, rolling and sitting on the muddy ground with nary a peep from the parents. There is one little girl in the spectators however, and every few minutes her mom is admonishing her "Don't get dirty!"

Now this little girl is, by my estimate, between seven and nine - the point being she's not a toddler that needs constant reminding. On the other hand she's clearly not old enough to be buying her own clothes. While she is dressed in pants and a ruffled shirt, they're both light colored, beige to be exact.

So what give here? The Mom can wash the mud out of the boys clothes, but not the girls? They brought her to a muddy field in the first place, maybe a little foresight was in order to pick more appropriate garb? Or maybe it's just early training to force the girl to understand that she should sit quietly and quell any urge to run around because she might get "dirty".

As ironic as life tends to be I can only hope that all this nagging backlashes and she grows up to be a construction worker. Then she'll have good reason to thank her Mom for all that useful nagging.