Makin' sense

I happen to believe everything happens for a reason. And if that's the case, "Lucy, you got some 'splanin' to do." Know what I mean? If there is a reason for everything, then I want to know it! I was that annoying little child who, when told to do something wanted to know why. This drives adults crazy. But I was simply curious. I mean, if given a reason (even a flimsy one) does a child ever say "no. that's a dumb reason. i won't do it."? See, the way I see it, I was trying to organize how the world works. If my dad asks me to tie my shoe and it's not bothering me, so I ask him why and he says "because I said so", that just don't make no sense... But if he says, because you'll be most likely to trip on the laces if they're not tied and I don't want you to fall and get hurt." Then I'd be like, "ohhhhh. okay. hey daddy, I don't know how to tie my shoe. help me!"

You see, in my mind everything is perfect and makes sense when you do it my way! But I also understand that sometimes we tell children to do something or behave a certain way purely out of personal advantage. For example, the other day we were watching a four year old and then some friends came over. He quickly discovered he wasn't the center of attention anymore and proceeded to make himself the center of attention with a loud toy ball. I asked him to hand the ball to me, but instead he rolled it to me (making even more noise). Interestingly enough, he didn't ask why I took it from him (I think he's smart enough to realize why). But if he had, would I have said, because you're distracting us from our adult conversations? Isn't that considered rude to admit? aloud? But it's true. I doubt I would have fessed up if he'd asked me. At least in front of everyone. I probably would have told him if we were in another room.

But that draws me to another point. One about how drastically different we behave with kids when other adults are around. I don't like it and I think it cheats everyone in the room. But whatever. Another bone to pick for another day. Mine is just starting and I have some things I want to accomplish, so off I go to conquer the world.