My lovely wife arrived to pick my daughters up at a friends house. My oldest had been invited by one of the kids to stay over. My youngest felt left out. A classic scenario.
What to do? Ah... bribery! It always works. As my youngest daughter began to shed tears from her big blue eyes, my wife intervened with an option. Ice cream!
"We've got to go baby. If you'll come with me we'll go get some ice cream," my wife extended with great hopes.
My almost five-year old child was suddenly struck with a deep understanding of what was really happening.
I suppose new connections within her young brain were made at that moment. Neurons, brains cells, all that great scientific stuff. We call it gettin' smart.
I could only begin to imagine her thoughts at the moment. "Hmmm, if I calm down and decide I don't need to go with my big sister that would be the logical thing to do. What would be even more logical, would be to go with the latter, and receive a delightfully creamy confectionary treat as reward for agreeing to not understand that I am being duped. Hey wait a minute.... sounds like a conspiracy to me!"
It was a that moment she with her young mind and new understanding would say, "you just want to give me ice cream so I won't go with my sister!"
Well? It was the truth, and my wife's conspiracy was now exposed for all to see.
Looks like we better find some new tricks.
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