AdventureDad recently wrote about his four-year-old boy’s request for a younger brother. He asks, “Is it foolish listening to the views and desires of a four-year-old boy?”

Here’s my take: four-year-olds are idiots.

I’m all for whimsy and devil-may-care attitudes. I whole-heartedly endorse and encourage the crazy antics of children. Why, as recently as yesterday I was seen skiing down our street on two scooters with a pirate sword in my back pocket while I whipped my kids into a frenzy to push me faster… FAAASTERRR!

But you won’t catch me asking anyone under 30 for stock picks let alone taking their advice on creating whole new people.

At least four-year-olds are sincere. When they hit six, deviousness goes to a Whole. Nother. Level. The Girl has asked for a new sibling. But I know she only sees us as a means to create a clone army that will call her their queen.