A three-year-old had been told several times to get ready for bed. The last time his mom told him, she was every insistent.©JOKEDEMO.COM

His response was, "Yes, Sir!" Since he was talking to his mother (and she is a woman), it was not expected of him to call her "Sir".©JOKEDEMO.COM

"You would say, 'yes sir,' to a man, I am a lady, and you would say 'Yes Ma'am,' to a lady," Mom said. To quiz him on is lesson, she then asked him, "What would you say to Daddy?"©JOKEDEMO.COM

"Yes Sir!" came the reply©JOKEDEMO.COM

"Then what would you say to Mama?"©JOKEDEMO.COM

"Yes, Ma'am!" he proudly answered.©JOKEDEMO.COM

"Good boy! Now what would you say to Grandma?"©JOKEDEMO.COM

He lit up and said, "Can I have a cookie?"