The other day, my 2 oldest boys were home from school. My middle son likes to be the trickster of the 3 and was doing what ALL little brothers do best, bugging his older brother to make him scream.
I casually called him into the living room for one of what feels like our hourly talks on being nice to our brothers and not bugging big brother. We got ino a little argument and he was yelling at me and I told him to go to his room. As he was walkin away this was how the conversation went:
ME: Ethan, are you aware that you are yelling and being annoying?
ETHAN: No, im not
ME: That's apparent
ETHAN: No, it's not, nothings a parent
ME: Well, I'm a parent (trying to be funny and lighten the mood)
ETHAN: No, you're not a parent
ME: Well, if I'm not a parent, what am I?
ETHAN: You are just a mommy
ME: Yes, I am a mommy, but a mommy is a parent
ETHAN: No, a mommy is a mommy and nothing is a parent
Needless to say, I was never more than happy to end that conversation