Or former soldiers. I mean, could there be former soldiers there? It would be understandable for a kid to remember the soldier part and forget the former, especially when seeing a new vehicle.
This was inevitable, and anyone who works with children should know that. There’s no way that kids are not going to make these kinds of mistakes, and even trying to save it with a plausible story won’t save the kids from spreading the cooler story around. The agents have to know this by now.
They can’t be expecting to maintain the same level of secrecy after this announcement. I’m expecting Todd to get more permission to discuss things soon, but it’s still wise not to jump the gun until he officially has that permission.
If I were a kid in that conversation, hearing “I got this, hon” would make my ears perk up; why does my friend’s dad feel it necessary to intervene in this way? There must be some deep dark secret. I think Todd would have done better just to jump in with the explanation itself, without the preamble.
“Yes, I’ll let you talk. That way when they don’t believe you, you’ll the one who gets in trouble for being bad at keeping secrets, not me.”
I would have thrown in something like “They had helmets so they looked like soldiers.”
Or former soldiers. I mean, could there be former soldiers there? It would be understandable for a kid to remember the soldier part and forget the former, especially when seeing a new vehicle.
“They were shooting a movie.”
“They take security very seriously up there.”
“They were a Civil War re-enactment group with very spotty research.”
Nice save.
This was inevitable, and anyone who works with children should know that. There’s no way that kids are not going to make these kinds of mistakes, and even trying to save it with a plausible story won’t save the kids from spreading the cooler story around. The agents have to know this by now.
They can’t be expecting to maintain the same level of secrecy after this announcement. I’m expecting Todd to get more permission to discuss things soon, but it’s still wise not to jump the gun until he officially has that permission.
If I were a kid in that conversation, hearing “I got this, hon” would make my ears perk up; why does my friend’s dad feel it necessary to intervene in this way? There must be some deep dark secret. I think Todd would have done better just to jump in with the explanation itself, without the preamble.
Perhaps, be Te Fahn might be a bit more used to having to word things carefully than normal kids due to her situation.