when i got home last night my three and a half year old son gave me a detailed account of how our one and a half year old daughter scaled a kitchen counter to reach a screwdriver that she then took to the side of a couch to drive holes in.

after asking which couch, we all started walking in to the play room and before my son could got there, my daughter was standing at the side of the couch pointing at the damage calling out her brother’s name.

manipulation and guile, the family traits every parent pines for…