My favorite way to interact with babies and small children is to talk to them as if they are miniature adults, like “I see you’re frustrated trying to reach the knives on that counter, surely this situation must recall to you the story of Tantalus in Hades” and “whether or not this time out is just depends on whether you accept the Kantian definition of justice, what are your thoughts?”

“from a Marxist perspective your sister was well within her rights to demand equal access to the blocks as they can be considered a means of production ”
“Consider what Freud might have said when presented with a baby whoopsie-doo doll”