On Parenting

A recent conversation, copied from Instant Messenger:

Burger says: could you and daddy please talk about unlimited texting?

Mom says: burger, we have and the answer is no. it costs too much right now

Burger says: ughh finee, but seriously. maybe a little more than 100? thats really extremely harsh

Mom says: not true. no phone is harsh. this is nice

Burger says: i hate you for your cruel ways of making me feel stupid.

Burger says: haha

The questions are: is the child too sassy? Should we take away her phone?

The answers are probably, and no. Because we created this mess. The child has ALWAYS had to deal with not just one, but two overly sarcastic parents. Did she mean that she really hates me (as some I've shared this with have thought)? Not a chance. She was saying, "oh. okay, now you've gone and made me feel like an idiot, and that bugs me. but yeah, you're right."

I wonder how much damage we've done, and what she'll have to go through to get others to understand that the snarkiness is cute. Or something like that...