…or the children we deserve, as the case may be…
Cinder: Mom, the bad news is I kind of wrecked your nail clippers. The good news is, I learned something.
…
Cinder: I am appalled you would think I’d touch Flora’s bum with an open flame.
Jane: Good.
Cinder: Now, hot wax, that’s a different matter altogether.
Jane: Cinder…
Cinder: What? I’d have to touch it with my finger first, so how bad would it be?
…
There’s a reason his nickname’s Cinder.
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