Father to eight-year-old daughter: Let me put it this way: your opinion has merit, but it doesn’t have weight.
–SoHo
Angry mom: What?! We were just in the bathroom — you said, ‘No’! Can you hold it? [Four-year-old son shakes his head.] Augh! What is the matter with you? I am so mad at you right now!
–Columbus Circle
Overheard by: Kyla
Mother pushing young child in stroller: Would you do it for a Scooby Snack?
–7th Ave, Park Slope
Overheard by: USY lover
Mother to young son: I would love to know how this obsession with canned peaches got started.
–M102 bus
Nanny to four-year-old: Heather*, you don’t seem very centered today.
–6th Ave & 13th St
Overheard by: em
