My preschooler said to me, “HEY MUM! What’s a ghost?”

“It’s a… well. Um… lets see.”

I was trying to make a tricky right hand turn while considering whether it was a good idea to tell my child about spirits, death, heaven, the afterlife, and lost souls haunting the earth. I mean, if this isn’t the height of progressive parenting, then I don’t know what is. However, he interrupted my deep contemplation.

“Are they just funny little monsters with blankets over their heads?”

“Yep. That’s exactly what they are, mate.”

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