My three-year-old brother had been told several times to get ready for bed. The last time my mom told him, she was very insistent. His response was, “Yes, sir!” since he was talking to my mom, we didn't expect him to call her “sir”.
“You would say, ‘Yes, sir!’ to a man. I'm a lady, and you would say ‘Yes, ma'am (madam),’ to a lady,” mom said. To quiz him on his lesson, she then asked him, “What would you say to daddy?”
“Yes, sir!” came the reply.”
“Then what would you say to mom?”
“Yes, ma'am!” he proudly answered.
“Good boy! What would you say to grandma?”
He licked his lips and said, “Can I have a cookie?”
