Boy or girl?

It never ceases to amaze me that Chinese people are always asking if Grace is a girl. She has long hair and is normally in a dress yet we are constantly asked this question. Of course, they also ask about Audrey but you could understand the confusion (sort of) with a baby. In order to shed some light on this, you have to understand China's one child policy. Basically, since 1979 there has been a law that limits couples to one child in order to help slow the population growth. If you have more than one, bad things happen (large fines among other things). And in the Chinese culture, boys are expected to take care of their parents in old age and therefore, almost everyone here desires to have a son. So, when people see us with both of our children (already a novelty that we have two) they are always keen on whether they are boys or girls. We happily tell them that yes, indeed we do have two girls. Our response is always met with either a disapproving grunt or absolute silence which always makes us smile in amusement.

Anyway- check out below picture. It has nothing to do with boy vs. girl but I just liked it.

A young boy studying at his desk while the laundry is drying.