Where's breakfast?
You take cereal, you take the milk, you pour it into the bowl, it's not rocket science!
S4 E12All By Myself
[to Eric, angrily] Your wife called! [slams the door]
I need a time out! Did everybody hear me!? Mommy is taking a time out!
S4 E13Who Do You Trust?
Shana didn't call yesterday. That's the first time that happened.
I didn't know any of this.
Maybe Matt just doesn't want to tell you that stuff.
Why would that be?
I don't know. Sometimes kids just don't want their parents to know stuff. They have their reasons.
Like you having your reasons for not wanting to tell us what your science experiment is?
Exactly!
RRick
I always wanted a steady girlfriend, but not tonight. I wish I didn't even have one.
Why?
RRick
Because right now, I'd like to kiss you.
I guess your girlfriend wouldn't go for that.
RRick
Probably not.
But what if I kissed you?
RRick
You mean, without me not knowing about it?
What?
RRick
That didn't even make sense, did it? [They start kissing]
Are you sure it was Lucy?
Oh, it was Lucy all right. They were just making out right there on the street. They don't even know each other. She just met him. Frankly, this is not the kind of behavior I'd expect from a National Merit Finalist. I can only guess where the other two were.
They were probably watching the movie. Why is that so hard to believe?
If the younger brother has the nerve to make out with Lucy right on a public street, then it scares me to think of the brother who was arrested is capable of.
You're out of your mind, you know that?
Maybe, but it doesn't make me wrong about this.
We've got to hope that we raised our daughters well enough that they're doing anything more than kissing. But I think we have to expect the kissing.
And you're happy about this, aren't you?
I'm not thrilled. But I'm not going to drive myself crazy. They've got make their own decisions. We can't make the decisions for them.
We figured if we told you that we were buying cigarettes, you wouldn't let us buy anymore, and our project would be ruined.
If you knew we wouldn't approve, maybe it wasn't the best project to do.
NNigel
Well, we did show how easy it was for kids to buy cigarettes.
What were you planning to do if you got caught buying the cigarettes?
NNigel
The person selling the cigarettes gets in trouble, not us.
You guys didn't do your research. It's a $75 fine and 30 hours of community service for minors caught by buying cigarettes. Besides that, you're saying that you were willing to let the guy who sold you the cigarettes get into legal trouble, just so you could get a good grade on you social studies project?
But those people are killing us by selling us cigarettes. Not us, technically, but kids who smoke.
It's a very interesting project, but it's also a project that could've have some serious consequences for other people, as well as you two. And who wants to tell of how actually smoking the cigarettes you bought fit in.
We were expanding the project, you know, going from the thrill of buying the illegal project to the thrill of smoking it. Plus, when you make something so bad, it makes it irresistible, too.
NNigel
Yeah. It's like when we had the cigarettes, we couldn't help ourselves. We had to smoke.
Even knowing all we know about smoking and how bad it is. Sorry.
NNigel
Sorry too.
I'm afraid you're going to have to throw out your project and start over.
Is that our punishment?
What do you think?
S4 E14Words
Don't just stand there. Do something
Well, what am I supposed to do?
Teach me how not to let words hurt me.
I think you better tell me what's going on.
Ruthie's new teacher has been calling her stupid. She asked me not to say anything, but...
She called her what?
Ruthie says you asked the class who the first president was, and when she answered Abraham Lincoln, you called her stupid.
[chuckles] No. I didn't say that. I told her that her answer was stupid. There's a difference.
She's eight. She doesn't know the difference.
Ah. I think I see where this is coming from. Every parent wants to believe their child is perfect. But in reality, most of the time the apple just doesn't fall far from the tree.
Did you just call me stupid?
I think it's time for you to go.
I'm not going anywhere.
Don't make me call the principal!
Oh, go ahead, make my day! Call the principal. Go ahead!
Nothing justifies calling a child stupid. Nothing.
You have your opinion, and I have mine.
Yes, but your opinion is wrong!
Well, it turns out there was no mistake. Miss Riddle has been calling Ruthie stupid.
What?
Yeah, and when I confronted her about it, she acted like it was nothing.
Unbelievable.
She called me stupid, too.
Do you know why I got so mad at your teacher?
Because she was mean to me?"
Yes. But also because when Ms. Riddle hurt your feelings and made you feel like you weren't smart, then school and learning became a bad thing. And if that happens enough, it won't be long before you don't like school at all. And that would be wrong. Because learning should always be enjoyable. And school should be like this safety zone where students not only learn about the stars, but reach for them as well.
[about Bobby] Do you know him?
I know of him. He's new at school. He's not very popular.
Why is that?
Everyone thinks he's weird.
Because of his outbursts, like the one in church today?
The jocks really make fun of him, especially Brian, the captain of the football team. He calls him Spazz Man. (Eric gives him a look) Well, I don't call him that!
Do you remember when I told you that all is necessary for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing?
Yes. [pauses] Let me guess. I'm the good man doing nothing.
Good and smart.
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