Well…not really.

At the time it sure felt like it even though we knew other people had given birth before. We’d seen the training films in the mandatory child birth class. It was an eye-opening experience that left my wife trying to convince me to carry the baby to term. Her argument was that she’d carried the baby for five months, all she was asking me to do was carry it for four. Couldn’t I see how fair that was? (Full Text)

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Actually, no child asks that. Which is a real pity because at least you could look up the answer in any conveniently handy book on quantum physics. Instead, your children will test the limits of your understanding with seemingly innocent questions.

When my oldest was three, I introduced him to the Disney version of Sleeping Beauty. We’d just gotten to the part where Malificent crashes the party. As an adult, it was easy to see why she hadn’t been invited; She was bad mannered and about as much fun as dermatologist at a tanning center. My son asked, “Why is she being a bad guy?”

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Notes:

• Special thanks to Twitter Pal Ogre_Kev for “multiasking”
• Thanks, too to CoolB for the congratulatory note.
• Celine and Chloe are the talented daughters of Sam “The Money Geek” Fawaz
• I’m on Facebook at this link.