"Aren't you playing scrabble, Mom?'

I was taken aback by my little boy's question. There I was trying so hard to compose words to write my thesis, and he quietly wondered why mom wasn't playing scrabble. I explained to him that 'game' is strictly for weekend although his persistent further questionings left little hope that he understood the concept.

Oh dear, I must have played thoughtlessly during the moments of addiction last weekend. Too thoughtless that I didn't even realize I have unconsciously planted the belief that "Mom plays scrabble all the time on the computer" in the little one's head. Now I've landed myself a new task of undoing that...thank God he's still young enough to convince.

Moral of the story- don't give wrong impressions to the young minds...