As they began the walk to the car, Don turned abruptly toward his son. “Hey. I thought that you said ‘constructive criticism.’” “Yeah!” said Don Junior. “I was criticizing your construction.” “That’s, no. That’s… I guess, that would be ‘construction criticism.’” “What’s ‘con-struct-ive criti-cism’?” asked Don Junior. “‘Constructive criticism’ is when you give criticism when the person still has time to make it better. It’s meant to be helpful, not hurtful.” “Ohhhhhhhhh,” said Don Junior, sounding like a ten-year-old again. “We just learned about it in school. I must have gotten it mixed up.”
