11yo: Dad
6yo: Dad!
Dad: Huh? What?
11: Get off your phone. I want to ask you something.
6: Me too
Dad: Hang on a sec
6: Did lots of your friends like you today?
Dad: Hmmm, nearly done
6: He’s got hundreds of friends
11: They’re not all real friends
Dad: Ok, done. What was the question?
11: How does parliament actually work?
6: And can I have a chocolate frog
Dad:
6: Please
Dad: Um
11: I made you a coffee
Dad: Ah. Thanks. That’s good. You’re good.
6: I’m good too
Dad: You are great
6: So can I have a chocolate frog
11: And how does parliament-
Dad: Yeah, ok, ok, let me think
11:
6:
Dad: So…
11:
6:
Dad: Imagine you’re debating chocolate frogs
6: Is that like eating chocolate frogs
11: No it means arguing nicely
6: I want to eat one
Dad: One side wants more chocolate frogs. More Chocolate Frogs For All! And the other side says-
11: That’s rubbish, you’re an idiot
6: Haha, that’s funny, you called Dad an idiot
11: No, that’s what the other side says
Dad: Well-
6: Say it again!
Dad: You’re supposed to argue for or against an idea, not a person
11: I know that
Dad: So?
11: I would argue that more chocolate frogs is bad policy.
6: That’s rubbish, you’re an idiot
Dad: Thank you Opposition Leader. Let’s hear some policy details from the government then.
6: No let’s eat some chocolate
11: See? This idio-
Dad: Honourable Member
11: Would have us all eating chocolate frogs three meals a day!
6: Yessssss
11: But what about the health problems? Not to mention the environmental and financial impact of buying enough sustainable ethically sourced chocolate.
6: That’s rubbish, you’re an idiot
11: Or the protests from the Frog People
6: What?
11: They will say eating chocolate frogs is Not Okay
6: What? Chocolate frogs love getting eaten!
11: HOW DO YOU KNOW?
6: They’re always smiling
11:
Dad: Wrap it up, Prime Minister
11: Ok. In closing, let me remind the leader of the opposition-
Dad: My god, you have been listening
11: That while the people of this country might think more chocolate is the solution to all our problems-
6: It is. Let’s eat.
11: and I would certainly agree that when you have a problem, eating a chocolate frog can help you feel better
6: Yes! We agree! The cupboard is that way
11: TOO MANY CHOCOLATE FROGS IS THE WORST PROBLEM OF ALL
6: What?
Dad: I see where you’re going with this
11: Think about it. Remember Easter Belly?
6: Oh
11: There’s only one problem in the world that having a chocolate frog can’t help you with
6: Exploding Head?
11:
Dad: Opposition Leader’s got you there
11: Ok, two problems. My point is, chocolate frogs can help us with *nearly* all our problems. Unless we have TOO MANY CHOCOLATE FROGS, then they cause a problem they can’t fix, because we’ll be like BLEARGHHH
6: Yuck.
11: Still want a yucky, sick-making chocolate frog?
6: I don’t know. I’m going to my room.
11: You think she’ll know?
6: She knows everything
Dad: Should I be worried that my 6 year old cuts pictures of Jacinda Ardern out of the newspaper?
11: Nah. Loads of 6 year olds have Star Wars pictures on their walls.
Dad: And ours has seven pictures of New Zealand’s prime minister. It’s not normal when you’re six.
11: It is if you think she’s Princess Leia.
Dad: Oh
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