Old Words

It's interesting how some words make you seem old just by the fact that they came out of your mouth: trousers, davenport, depreciation...

Apparently TRAPPER KEEPER is also an "old" word. Koke started Jr. High and they needed a three ring binder with multiple pockets organized by his classes. Now for anyone who remembers when New Kids on the Block weren't a novelty act, that is a Trapper Keeper.

However, Koke insists it be called just a binder and when I called it by it's true name he looked at me like I had just ordered a prune juice cocktail with my early bird special dinner.

Here's the question, as a parent do you embrace that you are never going not be cool to your kids and just own your trapper keeper dorkiness or do you submit to the binder and hope that you can maintain some sense of relevance to your kids?


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