*giggle*

Important lesson learned from my son's money dilemma, based on random sampling of 14 people I know, here and elsewhere:

People who do not have children answer questions about how one should deal with parenting dilemmas with more confidence and authority than people who do have children.

I am not sure if this suggests that parenting erodes one's confidence and authority, or that people with great confidence and authority are less likely to want to have children, or if it is a random coincidence.

Now he wants to know if we can get the Return of the King GameCube game on Friday. We are negotiating.