A Problem You Don’t Want To Sleep On

(My 16-year-old daughter sometimes behaves like a bit of an airhead.)

Daughter: “Mama, do people breathe while they’re sleeping?”

Me: “Seriously?”

Daughter: “Well, yes. I mean, it’s not like you’re doing anything in your sleep… like, nothing important.”

Me: “I consider staying alive rather important, don’t you?”

Daughter: “But you don’t do anything so why breathe?”

Me: “….Why don’t you hold your breath for eight hours and see how that works out for you?”

Daughter: “Oooooh…”