Me: “Eva! That was very bad!”
Eva: “I’m sorry, Mama! I didn’t mean to!”
Me: “You DID mean to. I watched you hold out your plate and give it to her.”
Eva: “But it was an accident!”
Me: “It wasn’t an accident, Eva. An accident means you didn’t do it on purpose.”
Eva: “I love you Mama!”
Me: “I love you too, but you did a very bad thing.”
Eva: “But…can I have a cupcake?”
I wonder if the same defensive strategy might have worked for Conrad Murray?