From the archives: This story was last updated in January 2020.
Children often ask questions in public in a bid of curiosity to make sense of the world around them. Sometimes, these questions can be personal or even socially inappropriate and intrusive.For one mother from Fort Myers, Florida, her daughter’s question to a Waffle House server about the color of her skin threw her into a panic. The server, however, barely batted an eyelid, and her perfect response became the subject of a viral story that is inspiring thousands.
