{"id":2655,"date":"2009-03-30T05:00:27","date_gmt":"2009-03-30T11:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelandofka.com\/?p=2655"},"modified":"2009-03-27T08:43:43","modified_gmt":"2009-03-27T14:43:43","slug":"let-me-explain-how-this-works-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelandofka.com\/?p=2655","title":{"rendered":"Let me explain how this works, Son"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The other day Brian recounted a tale&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>He was working on something, in the kitchen of course, and I was away somewhere.\u00a0 Needing an extra pair of hands he called out to Kailan, ever present in front of the computer, and only a few feet away.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kai, can you come over to help me?&#8221;, his father requested of the child.<\/p>\n<p>No response.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kailan, did you hear me?&#8221;, his father again asking him in a slightly annoyed voice.<\/p>\n<p>No response.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;KAI!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Finally his eyes release their grip on Nickjr.com, and he looks at his father, wide-eyed. &#8220;What?!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Did you hear me?\u00a0 I asked you\u00a0to come over here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh.\u00a0 Well, I was going to say, No.&#8221;\u00a0 He looks back at the computer screen.<\/p>\n<p>A bit taken aback by such words, his father proceeded to expouse the rules of the household to the young lad.\u00a0 &#8220;Let me explain something to you that my father taught me.\u00a0 When I ask you to come help, <em>I&#8217;m just being polite<\/em>.\u00a0<strong> It wasn&#8217;t a request, Son<\/strong>!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Life is a constant learning process, and they are constantly learning that saying &#8220;No&#8221; 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