Last night, Erin came into the living room to say goodnight to me before going to bed. I was watching American Idol on Fox at the time, and it had just gone to commercial break when Erin walked into the room. As she crossed the room, an advertisement for the new Wolfman movie came on the screen. Not sure how she would react to something this dark and potentially scary so close to lights-out in her bedroom, I quickly changed the channel.
"HEY!! DADOO, I WAS WATCHING THAT!! WHY'D YOU CHANGE THE CHANNEL?!?!?"
Not wanting to tell her that the commercial might have frightened her, I thought it better to simply brush off her question. I replied, "Not sure. Just looking for something better to watch, I guess. Besides, you know I don't like to watch commercials." I figured that this explanation would be sufficient to satisfy her question without hurting her pride.
But Erin, after thinking about my response for a few seconds, got closer to me and craned her neck up so that we were eye to eye. And that's when she said, "Dadoo, did you change the channel because you were AFRAID of that commercial?"
Here I am trying to protect my Daughter from this "scary" commercial, and she thinks that I changed the channel because I was afraid.
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