It's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning, and parents have to be good at so many different things.

Yeah.

Multitasking, hiding vegetables in food.

Oh, my God, those little suckers, they always find them.

Figuring out, where's that smell coming from?

Oh, gosh.

Don't blindly put your fingers places to find it, I'll tell you that.

Stop!

But the number one thing

they need to be the best at

if they want to be considered a good mom or dad

is lying.

Why do you think Brooke is such a good mother?

Because she's a master manipulator.

You just call me a good mom. Thanks.

And it's true. Most of parenting is just creative lying. Because frankly, that's the easiest way to get your children to actually do what you need them to do. That's true. Like, for example, if you need your four-year-old to eat their broccoli, do you really think they'll listen to you if you're like, come on, it's really healthy. It has vitamins and minerals in it.

No, it's not fun.

No.

You have to tell them it's a tiny magic tree and rubble from Paw Patrol wants you to eat it so you can join his team and help him defeat the kitten catastrophe.

Yeah, that's right.

That would work on me.

Alexis is suddenly eating all sorts of vegetables.

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