The case happened four years ago, in a regular Moscow trolley bus.
At the stop came a tired woman with bags and a noisy little boy. They were given one place, where the boy immediately entered. A grandmother was sitting in front of him. She looked at him long and tenderly, and then said:
How old are you?
and eight!
Eight years and a child.
A child with an offended mouth shouted:
I am not a child! I am a man!
and yes? Grandma was surprised. Men don’t sit when their mother stands. The man is a strong, mother’s protector.
After a short time of thought, the boy tears from his seat, and no one could convince him to sit back. This is how our elders approached children.)