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We were all out eating dinner at a Japanese Steakhouse, doing the Hibachi thing one evening. All of us consisted of myself, my husband, and our two daughters, ages 3 and 5 at the time. The girls love to eat with chopsticks, even though they were still using the ones fastened with a rubber band, to make it easier for children to use. Well, my older daughter was playing around, and threw her chopsticks at her daddy. He retrieved them for her, and in a stern voice, told her to do it again, and see what happened. He was being sarcastic, of course, and meant for her to not do it again. Well, she did as she was told, and threw them at him again, as I busted up laughing at him. I had to gently remind him that children her age do not 'get' sarcasm yet, and she was only doing as he said. He sheepishly had to agree with me, and even though I was trying hard to regain my composure and stop laughing, I was also a bit mortified at the actions of my child AND my husband.