Sometimes more is not better, but don't try telling them that!
Tonight we were having our FHE (Family Home Evening) lesson about emergencies, making sure that the boys knew what to do in certain situations. We were giving them different scenarios to find out what they would do. One of the situations involved a what if Mommy was asleep and you couldn't get her to wake up and there was a fire.
#2 recommended hitting me over the head with a book to wake me up (he knows there is always a book somewhere near my bed), but the rest of us decided that this course of action would be counterproductive. D explained that their own safety needed to come first and that it was a fireman's job to save other people. He thought he would make his point by asking, "What is better, for one person to die? Or for three people to die?" #3 jumped right in with his answer: "Three because that would give the police a bigger emergency."
I am not exactly sure what his logic is, but I think he must think that a higher body count means the police will hurry to get here faster.
#2 recommended hitting me over the head with a book to wake me up (he knows there is always a book somewhere near my bed), but the rest of us decided that this course of action would be counterproductive. D explained that their own safety needed to come first and that it was a fireman's job to save other people. He thought he would make his point by asking, "What is better, for one person to die? Or for three people to die?" #3 jumped right in with his answer: "Three because that would give the police a bigger emergency."
I am not exactly sure what his logic is, but I think he must think that a higher body count means the police will hurry to get here faster.
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