Kid-I don’t wanna go back to school
Me: Why?
Kid: Because I want to stay home with you.
Me: But you need to go to school. Don’t you want to learn new things? See your friends? Be in the safely patrol?
Kid: Learning sucks. My friends suck. Safety patrol sucks.
Me: You have to go to school. You don’t want to grow up stupid do you?
Kid: I don’t care. Why can’t you home school me?
Me: Because I have neither the patience nor the time. We’d get nothing done.
Kid: Fine with me.
Me: The law says you have to go to school and I always obey the law.
Kid: Just like you do when you drive 70 in a 55 mph zone and eat the grapes at the supermarket?
Me: Those are different.
Kid: Why?
Me: Because.
Kid: You can’t pick and choose the laws you’ll follow.
Me: And that is exactly why you need to go to school.
Kid: Huh?
Me: Exactly. Now get in the car so we can go get the rest of your school supplies.
