Little Lessons in Sass: My Daughter’s Unexpected Comeback

Taught my 4-year-old daughter to always compliment people who insult her. Once, my mother was shopping for a bathing suit.

At some point, a woman who was trying on pants said something rude to my mom who was asking my opinion and my daughter caught on that my mother was agitated. She squeezed out from behind me and told the woman, “Your teeth are such a pretty yellow!”