All Of History, Undone By A Muffin

(My four- and six-year-old sons have very different preferences. My six-year-old is watching a children’s show about a girl who can use time travel. I hear shouting from the living room so I go to look. It should be noted that my four-year-old loves history.)

Six-Year-Old: “I want to watch [Show]!”

Four-Year-Old: “It’s stupid! Change the channel!”

Six-Year-Old: “Have you ever seen it?”

Four-Year-Old: “No, but it’s dumb.”

Six-Year-Old: “Just watch for a few minutes. This episode is about Leonardo da Vinci.”

Four-Year-Old: “I will, but if it’s stupid you have to change the channel.”

Six-Year-Old: “Fine, just watch.”

(They calm down for a while but then my four-year-old sees a scene where the little girl gives Leonardo da Vinci a muffin.)

Four-Year-Old: “Change the channel!”

Six-Year-Old: “No! You said we could watch it!”

Four-Year-Old: “You said you would change it if the show was stupid. That never happened in real life!”

Six-Year-Old: “It’s just a show. It’s not supposed to be realistic.”

Four-Year-Old: “But it’s not historically accurate!”