"Because I said So"
“Because I said so”. It’s a phrase every parent uses with their kids. In an ideal world, we wouldn’t need to pull rank, but we don’t live in an ideal world: - Some things are just too complicated to explain to a kid; - Sometimes we’re not in a mood; - There’s no time to get into all that; - And last but not least, kids can be a pain deliberately . Pretending not to understand, testing how far they can push you, enjoying asking “Why” to whatever you say. And then there’s this other reason I stumbled upon based on this chat between my daughter and my wife. It started with my daughter asking whether my wife had stopped going to the gym. My wife replied that she was finishing the gym at office during lunch time, so it wasn’t visible to the kid anymore. This is how the conversation co...