My 3-year-old niece and I were eating together in the kitchen when she tells me that she has magic to open any door she sees. I told her to prove it and open the door to our pantry. She waves around her arms for a moment then points at the door and yells, “Boom!”
I asked why the door wasn’t opened, and she said she locked it forever, and it can never open again. I wanted to jokingly call her out on her lie, so I walked over to the door, opened it, and told her she lied to me.
Then she started laughing at me the way that 3-year-olds do when they find something really funny, I was confused for a moment, but then I realized… she made me open the door…. she made the door open….she can make doors open from all the way across the room. A 3-year-old was playing mind games with me.
