re: #161 MandyManners

I’ll never forget the time when The Kid said I couldn’t make him do something or he’d report me for child abuse. I picked up the phone, handed it to him and told him to call 9-1-1.

I’ve done the same thing.

My fave story, though, was when my daughter was, oh, 5 I guess, and decided she needed to run away from home. I got her suitcase out and handed it to her and said, OK, here, you can pack up if you really want to leave.

So I go into her room in a bit, and she’s packed a suitcase full of toys - no clothes, no anything other than all the toys she wanted to take with her.

And she ended up deciding to stay.