Telling the Story—Making it Good

My daughter would balance on the slippery edge of the bathtub for what seemed like an eternity before stepping out onto the mat. No holding on to the side for her.

"Oh my goodness, you are scaring me to death!" I'd say.

"Why?" Very curiously.

"You'll get hurt!"

A couple of days later--

"You're scaring me just looking at you! I told you not to stand there!"

"Why?"

"Because I said so!"

Finally, when the same scenario of the bathtub balancing act played out a third time, I said in my ...