This was a perfect opening for me. “How do you know when someone is trustworthy?” I asked. “Have you played with this other person before?” “No,” he said. “Well, people need to earn our trust. But sometimes these mistakes help us learn things, because not everyone who earns our trust deserves to keep it.” I didn’t want to scare my eight-year-old. Maybe I had gone too far. “I know, Mom,” he said. “But I gotta get that coin back. It makes me so mad.” I ran my hand over the top of his head. “You have every right to be upset,” I said. “The important thing is that you learn to lean on your
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