how do you respond to this? seriously, help

[not_yet_defined]

so when you are driving in a car with your 10 year old niece and the following conversation takes place, how do you respond? cause i know my jaw dropping open in outrage and the incoherent objections that followed probably wasn't correct. here is the conversation

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[epicallytired]

seriously, this is why they don't let ten year olds vote. good news... when she's 18 and can vote...she'll (hopefully) laugh at how silly and simplistic her thoughts were.

i know part of your outrage is that you think her parents "planted" those ideas in her head or whatever but seriously, kids come up with insane ideas all by themselves based on snippets that they've heard.

i had a fifteen year old (when i was seventeen) ask me which ball the come comes out of...

i thought alaska was an island until i was eighteen

my cousin used to walk around and complain of heartburn when he was eight (because his mother was pregnant and constantly complaining of heartburn)

i had an eighteen year old kid (when i was seventeen) ask me what the fuck a strap on was for, and did some part of it go into the woman wearing it, because he couldn't imagine that anything other than vaginal penetration was fun or satisfying for a woman.

i thought they were going to make my dad stop working where he did because his sign was too big. i was eleven (he owned the building and the dental practice. the zoning assholes were being well, assholes and he was being a drama queen).

never ever get outraged at what a ten year old says. they're ten...

[not_yet_defined]

rofl...

*picks out Most important part of your response*

you thought alaska was an island until you were 18?!?

i wasn't mad at her, i was mad at her father, and yes i will in future take into consideration how a ten year old interprets statements...but i have no doubt that her dad would have said this to her pretty much word for word. he thinks polite dinner conversation is to turn to me and tell me that because i don't have sex that can lead to procreation i am going to hell.

i suppose in the future it would be more productive if i said, dear niece, what gave you this idea? and then calmly tried to point out the flaws in how this idea was created.

[epicallytired]

let me explain.



if you only ever see that... then hawaii and alaska are treated in the same way... so then one day i heard someone on television talk about driving to alaska and i laughed, and then quietly figured out that they weren't joking, and the reason i'm not embarrased is because this is not my fault.

no one ever bothered to say "this land is connected to canada" so how the fuck was i supposed to know? i graduated high school and never had to know this.

and really the most productive thing to say to your neice is. "no one, not even your dad, is always right. if you have questions, i'll be happy to answer them"

and thus, you can keep the lines of communication open.

or you can give them to one of those deprogramming things xie was talking aobut, but kidnapping is a federal offense.

[not_yet_defined]

well, looking at that map it does make sense how the error could occur.

yes, i can see how that line would be more effective, then "Oh my god the is freaking ridiculous, kerry does not kill babies, that is a total lie." or you know, whatever i might have said along those lines.

but i am still keeping xie's idea as plan b.

[epicallytired]

xie's famous for her plans.