The other day, Lady Quixote told our children that mommies know everything. Later that day, two packages arrived from the same company. My wife was looking forward to a certain item and eagerly opened the first package. After peering inside, she saw the item was not there and opened the second package and retrieved her item. My four-year-old boy triumphantly told her, “If you knew everything, you would have opened that package first.”

I fear we may be raising an attorney...