A real exchange between my son Charlie (age 10 ½) and me yesterday:

“Mom, you really need to rethink your parenting skills.”

“Why?”

“Because I have several credit cards that you don’t know about.”

“Really? What do you buy with them?”

“Real estate.”

“Well, of course. That’s a wise investment. What do you do with the property once you buy it?”

“I give it to charity. Then I take it away cruelly. Then I blow it up.”

…

It was all sounding so sophisticated until talk turned to explosives.