I was trying to help my 5 year old son understand the difference between a secret and a surprise.
We always taught him that we don’t keep secrets, mostly to try to keep him from lying to us, but also to protect him in general.
But when saying we need to not tell mummy about a surprise we are planning he tells me we don’t keep secrets. And this is what i came up with to help him understand the difference.
Secrets are kept and hidden from someone. whereas a surprise is held to be given to someone.
Kid: Oh, thank you. Now it is all clear as day, crazy parents.
That’s not a contradiction.
Planes are flown
We (our family) don’t fly planes.
You might have a pilot in your family, but we don’t, so both are true.
I wasn’t talking about formal contradiction. Nevermind. That’s of no use…
You don’t need to be a pilot to fly a plane. Look up your local flight school and see if they offer discovery flights. It’s usually with a CFI, so they might let you operate the controls
We don’t fly planes.
Not sure you get it. But i feels intentional.
I am not saying secrets are kept but that we as a family do not.