"Girls Always Win Honey"

Yesterday I was sitting in the lobby of a dentists office and was attempting to read a book, however was distracted by a three year old girl and her grandfather. The girl was playing with some of the toys that were on the floor and wanted grandpa to pay attention to her but he kept dozing off. "Grandpa wake up, play with me!" Finally she decided to take the tic-tac-toe to him. Of course she didn't really know how to play and instead of grandpa attempting to teach her he just let her do what she wanted so she yelled "I win!" and grandpa responded with "Girls always win honey". Then he told her to go play with legos in the corner so he could sleep. He told her to go build the twin towers before they bombed them.

I was semi-amused with his response that girls always win but was also very discouraged that he was seriously bothered by her wanting to play and he was just trying to push her away. I was also wondering why in the world would you tell a three year old to build the twin towers, what was he trying to feed into her little head. I realized that children are so impressionable. They look up to adults and ultimately make decisions based upon what they are told growing up. So, this grandpa maybe thought he was saying harmless words but to an outsider I witnessed him conveying to this little girl the following:
1. Girls always win. No matter what happens in life you will always get your way and you will always be right. This could lead this little girl to a lot of bad relationships and hurt feelings when she realizes the world is not going to say she wins at everything.
2. Your not important. Grandpa just wanted to be left alone to sleep. The little girl was not important enough for grandpa to take the time and play for a little while.
3. I don't even know what to respond to in regard to the Twin Towers and his reference to bombing.

Anywho, maybe I was being nosey by listening to how these two were relating but I find in interesting to see what we are filling our young peoples minds with. If you can say things to a three year old, no wonder some of the kids I see in high school are dealing with so many issues!