Recently, I was marveling at a conversation between two young boys as I was putting books back on the shelf. They were playing with toys and building something together. One of them said, "I know you have a lot more experience with this than I do." I about fell off my...well, I wasn't in a chair. The two moms, who had just met, were standing by and beaming at how their sons were cooperating. As they left, one mom said to the other, "See you at MIT in a few years."
Often I hear utter crap when I'm in the kids section of the library--and it primarily comes from the adults. Why would someone want to pass poor English on to their children? They do all the time: "Do you want these ones?" (ouch!) instead of "Do you want these?" and "Where's it at?" (what the...?) instead of "Where is it?" Someday, on some planet somewhere, parents won't be speaking like fools.