Poor Becky

 

Tony is 13.

 

Becky offered him something because she thought it would be nice for him to have.  He politely declined but asked for something else instead.  She said no to that and told him why.  He asked for something else then, instead of the first two things.  She told him no and explained why.  He took the reason for the first “no”, combined it with the reason for the second “no”, justified his request for the third thing, and declared victory by the rules of logic, adding that her most recent reason “because I’m the Mom” was not a valid argument.

 

Becky is left wishing they had not encouraged Tony to join the Debate Team.