Me: Amaya, you cannot jump on the couch.
Amaya: Yes, I can, Mommy. It's easy!
Me: Amaya, you misunderstood me. You may not jump on the couch. You do not have permission to jump on the couch. Do not jump on the couch. Understand?
Amaya: I have to jump on the couch, Mommy.
Me: You may not jump on the couch, Amaya.
Amaya: I have to, Mommy! I have to!
Me: You may not.
Amaya: Mommy! If I don't jump on the couch, then I will lose the game!
Me: Amaya...
Amaya: Mommy! I have to jump on the couch! If I don't, then I will lose the game! You jump, jump, jump, jump and the first person to follow off loses. I don't want to lose!
Me: There's a new game we are going to play now. You can jump, jump, jump, jump all around the carpet in the living room, and the first person to step off of it loses. Do you understand me? Arabella, do you understand me?
Arabella: Yes, ma'am.
Me: Gabriel, do you understand me?
Gabriel: Yes.
Me: Amaya, do you understand me?
Amaya: <shrieking, running out of the room> I'M GONNA WIIIIIIINNN!!!!!
