A little while ago, I had to punish the children for a blatant act of disobedience (nothing new there). Afterward, Jacob said, "Mommy, God says to do to others what you want them to do to you, and not to return evil for evil, and to do good to one another. And you are just doing the opposite of that!"

Okay, I have to be impressed with his scripture memory. But how do I argue with that?

I said, "God also says for parents to train their children to do the right things."

He responded, "Okay, so you are doing one thing God says, but you aren't doing all those other things!"

Wow. Hmmm. I gotta think of better answers - my brain was already used up for the day today.