Rewarding Bad Behavior

When I was ten, I was playing on the family computer while my parents were having a silly argument. My mom gave up and said:

Mom: “Fine, I’m done talking to you.”

Without hesitation, I spun in my chair and said:

Me: “You’re rewarding him!?”

Little ten-year-old me was proud of that one, even if it did earn me no dessert for a week.