Conversations with the young

J (age 10) is folding laundry and picks up a bra. Clearly horrified by it, he holds it delicately between forefinger and thumb so as to minimize skin contact.
Me: It doesn’t have cooties, you know.
J: No, it’s worse. It has boobies!
Me: Actually, right now, it doesn’t, but some day you may not mind [...]