Came home from work this morning and had the following conversation with a 3 year old (who happened to be the only person awake in the house)
Child: “Hi. I had a pretty good sleep.”
Me: “Great!”
Child: “But I had bad dreams.”
Me: “Oh dear. About what?”
Child: “About a giant banana.”
Me: (in a delighted voice)”Well that doesn’t sound bad! That sounds funny!!”
Child: (with a look on his face that can only be described as reproach mixed with mild disgust) “The banana threw me off the deck and I was dead.”
……
I feel like maybe no one has ever written any actually helpful parenting books.

