I never thought of it that way.....

Last night I tried not to warp my kids minds. We decided to make some caramel apples and watch TV together. I had to handle all the hot stuff because the boy is seven and the girl is soon to be 5. While I was melting the caramel, the conversation went something like this.

Son - IT WILL ROT YOU TEETH!!!

Daughter - NO, IT WONT!!!!

Me - What are you two yelling about?

Daughter - Dad, he says that caramel will rot your teeth. I say it wont, it has milk in it and that's good for your teeth.

Son - It's sugar

Me - It's mostly sugar with a little milk (actually cream) added to it. We can eat these we just have to brush our teeth really well before we go to bed.

Son - See candy is bad for you. So we shouldn't eat too many caramel apples.

Daughter - But it has fruit in it. That makes the caramel okay. APPLES ARE GOOD FOR YOU!!!

Now how can you argue with logic like that. I figured it was easier to let her think that than to explain the error of her argument.