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From the mouths of babes idealistic teens:
1. Watching a commercial from Revenue Canada, that offers tax refunds for people who donate to charities:
"Why doesn't the government just donate that money to charity? Wouldn't that be a better use of the money?"
2. After visiting the dentist. He pointed out that Andy has a chipped tooth that doesn't bother Andy but they can fix if it ever does. I reminded Andy that while he didn't get braces, if his eyeteeth (which ended up slightly in front of his other teeth) ever bother him, that we can get him braces:
"I like my eyeteeth sticking out. I should get them filed so that they're pointy!"
I expressed my apprehension about making permanent changes to someone's person (which went into my deeper fears about the other changes Andy wants to make) but said that when he's 18 he can make his own decisions, though I'd rather he wait until 30.
"But at 30, it won't be cool anymore!"
I gave him a knowing look, and we both laughed at the ridiculousness of that statement, and then Andy tried to backtrack and say that if you had it done at 18, it would still be cool at 30, but it wouldn't be cool to start at 30. Okay.
1. Watching a commercial from Revenue Canada, that offers tax refunds for people who donate to charities:
"Why doesn't the government just donate that money to charity? Wouldn't that be a better use of the money?"
2. After visiting the dentist. He pointed out that Andy has a chipped tooth that doesn't bother Andy but they can fix if it ever does. I reminded Andy that while he didn't get braces, if his eyeteeth (which ended up slightly in front of his other teeth) ever bother him, that we can get him braces:
"I like my eyeteeth sticking out. I should get them filed so that they're pointy!"
I expressed my apprehension about making permanent changes to someone's person (which went into my deeper fears about the other changes Andy wants to make) but said that when he's 18 he can make his own decisions, though I'd rather he wait until 30.
"But at 30, it won't be cool anymore!"
I gave him a knowing look, and we both laughed at the ridiculousness of that statement, and then Andy tried to backtrack and say that if you had it done at 18, it would still be cool at 30, but it wouldn't be cool to start at 30. Okay.