I don’t know if it is better or not that some of the kids might have thought that they could duct tape and stab their teacher and then she would be able to stand up and “be all better.”

When Sally was almost four, she colored baby Susan’s eyelids with a ballpoint pen to “make her beautiful” like the princess in the movie (one more reason to boycott make-up). I said, “But you could have poked her eye out!” No problem, Sally said, “You could’ve stuck it back in.”

So you almost expect that kind of reasoning from a 4 year old. But from 8 and 9 year olds? My church considers the age of accountability to be 8. I hope by the time my kids are 8 they’ll a) know this kind of behavior is wrong and b) be aware that actions have consequences that are, sometimes, horribly permanent.

Hell in a handbasket, indeed.