A Spoon-Fed Principle

(Neither of my kids has ever liked cereal in a bowl with milk. They basically don’t like milk at all. However, they will often snack on cereal straight from the box while they watch TV or play video games. This tends to generate lots of crumbs, which drives me nuts.)

Me: “Can you please pick up the crumbs and stop eating like an animal? It’s a mess in here.”

Son: “They’re small! They drop! I mean, what am I supposed to do, eat them with a spoon?”

Me: “Um, technically, yeah…”

(At least he admitted I had a point after that one.)