Scene: Dining table. Dinner. Mom and Dad are explaining to The Kid, age 6 3/4, that both are starting new jobs the next day.
Mom: So on Monday Mrs. A will pick you up, and on Tuesday Mrs. B will take you to gymnastics, and then I'll pick you up there. And on Wednesday, you'll go to aftercare and then I'll pick you up.
Dad: And Thursday is Daddy day! That's my day off and I can pick you up.
Kid: Yea! Daddy!
Mom (teasingly): Oh, I know Daddy is your favorite.
Kid (reaching arms out to Dad like a tiny tot and wiggling fingers): Daddy, Daddy, Daddy.
Mom: And why is he your favorite?
Pause. The Kid looks carefully from one grown-up to another.
Kid: Because Daddy does what I want him to.
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