Despite the fact that most adults haven’t quite figured out this one yet, most of them seem to have no qualms about asking a child what they want to be when they grow up — and expecting an immediate, coherent answer
Luckily, kids have a way of stealing the show with their replies to this inquiry, or other thoughts about their own distant future.
Here, some grown-ups on X (formerly Twitter) share a number of memorable things kids have said about what they’re going to be when they grow up.