Me: Delfina, baby, please stop. Why are you doing that?
Delfina: Because
Me: Because why?
Delfina: Because I’m Delfina.
(Argument over)
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Me: Aiden, it’s time to (such and such)
Aiden: Why?
Me: Because that’s what we need to do.
Aiden: That has nothing to do with Christmas!
(Argument over)
Sometimes the reasoning of children astounds me.
Check out Wordsworth’s ‘Anecdote for Fathers.’ It will blow your mind.