Holli has a Master's Degree, an undergraduate degree and an associate degree. I've got a degree myself from a small liberal arts school. We are educated people, academically speaking. But John doesn't seem to care.
John's most reliable source in the house is his five-year old sister. Monsters? Sure, says Gracie, so John believes regardless of what we tell him.
He listens to her advice on food like she is the editor of Gourmet Magazine. If she says it's (in her culinary lingo) "not yummy," the boy won't touch it.
Her cravings become his cravings, be it water, cookies or whatever.
She's not 4-feet tall and he thinks she's the encyclopedia of knowledge on all subjects.
I mean, she's smart, but how about a look our way?