I had just told Jimmy not to do something, and he did it anyway and got hurt. So I knelt down next to him and said, “Jimmy, you need to obey me when I tell you not to do something. It’s for your own good. I know more than you do.”
Jimmy replied, through his tears: “But Daddy knows better than anybody!”
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Whenever we go to the grocery store, the kids love to look at the live lobsters. One time while they were gazing in wonder at the tank, the seafood employee asked if they’d like to touch one. The kids were ecstatic, and the man kindly pulled one out for them all to touch. The kids asked me later if they could hold the lobster themselves next time. I explained that no, it was the worker’s job to pick up the lobsters. Jimmy then announced: “I want to be a lobster picker-upper when I grow up.”
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We were at the lake and Jimmy was frantically trying to hold onto the tow rope as well as the surf board while he was floating around in the water. Susie hollered out to him, “Jimmy, use your muscles!”
Jimmy replied: “I don’t have one!”
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