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> everything that can go wrong usually goes right, and then we draw the wrong conclusion.

I currently have this with my 6yo. he thinks "mommy said this toy breaks when I whack it but it doesn't. so mommy is wrong!" He argues with me intensely.

we call him "little kamikaze" and hope to get him to and through puberty...

I wonder at which age humans learn to trust their "uh oh careful here" brain more than their "nah it's fine" guts.




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