Everything I Needed to Know, I Learned from Dora the Explorer
1. Don’t ever worry about getting mugged. In the case that you are getting mugged, all you have to do is chant “swiper, no swiping” three times, then the robber will be forced to retreat.
2. If you’re in a boat about to go over a waterfall, and the wheel breaks off, don’t panic. You will still have time to sing a song and consult your backpack in English and in Spanish before reattaching the wheel with masking tape and steering to safety.
3. Make sure you consult “The Map” before embarking on an adventure. There will always be three simple steps to get to your destination, with a mini-adventure at each stop.
4. If you want to communicate with an inanimate object, just speak Spanish! Didn’t you know that metal, wood, and stone objects are fluent in Spanish? But it is a shame that they don’t know English. No bueno.
5. Monkeys always make the best friends and travel partners… especially if they are named “Boots.”
This is what babysitting does to me.