This one thing Mysti said to me once came to mind randomly today.......

[ruien]

You know, if I thought my child was totally going to be unmanagable, I'd TOTALLY feed it some apple that would put it to sleep until I'm dead. Then it could wake up, and, it's someone elses problem :D

I'd just tell Nathaniel "it's okay honey, we can just buy a new one..."

~~ Mystina Denby, reflections on "Snow White's Daughter"