Is it all that wrong?

Licking snow that is? Yesterday, I was sitting in my car eating a late lunch and getting ready for work all at the same time(Side note, don't try this at home.) And I'm people watching. I see the girl with her brand new golden retriver puppy taking a walk, an older gentleman schootch down the sidewalk with ancient looking eyes and a father and daughter all wrapped up for winter. The daughter looks to be about 7. She's got a baby powder blue fluffy winter jacket on with matching hat and mittens. Our little lady is walking about 10 paces behind her dad and leans down to pick up some snow. Her dad turns around and my guess by the look on both of their faces was he wasn't wanting her to touch the dirty snow. So, our secretly non-obedient girl; that's what I have to call her for now; pretends to drop the snow. However, as soon as her dad turns back around she quickly puts her mitten into her mouth and POOF the snow is gone, with her father none the wiser!
I began giggling with glee and then thought, how silly "we" adults become. Kids will be kids, right!? And then I thought,"is this one of the first stages of independent thinking for this child?" A downright disobedient act that proves to her mind that she has the last say or is this just a child really wanting badly to wet her tounge on the pure(not really) white snow? Doesn't every child eat glue or paste or their own boogers or dirt or snow? And then it led me down a path where I was amazed at how our immune systems really do protect us from harmful things. As a child I never considered the consciquences of my actions. But now I think, shoot, should she have eaten that snow? What could be in it? With knowledge comes responsibility. With responsiblitly comes more knowledge. Will I let my kids eat snow or will I tell them no? Will my children listen to me or will they sneak behind my back? What kind of kid was I? What kind of adult am I? What is different in the way I act towards authority and "rules" now than when I was a child? And I laughed again...not a whole lot has changed. I still bend the rules. Speeding...perfect example. Everyone does it you say? Well, yes. But isn't the speed limit to keep me safe? What are rules that are their in place for our safety and what ones are made to be kept?
The moral of this story is:
Kristen really should study Psychology and Eat lots of snow, except the yellow kind!