“Why?”
“Put your coat on.”
“Why?”
“Come downstairs.”
“Why?”
“Eat that piece of cake.”
“Why?”
“Why?” is the token phrase for my Olivia this week. I joke that I could tell her, “We are going to Disney!” and she would respond, “Why?”. We work so hard to teach our children our morals, our standards and manners. Our children take us through phases and call us to task. They ensure that we will keep them safe with rules and boundries. We glow in our success when they show us what they have learned. They are certain to remind us, just when we are sure that they finally get it, that they will always test us. “Why?”
“Why?”
“Get dressed for ballet.”
“Why?”
“Let’s go see a movie.”
“Why?”
“I love you”
“Why?”
This too will pass, right?
Just training for when she is a teenager, right?
It will get easier, right?