Last night my grandson and I were talking when he told me that he thought one of his friends may have walked off with one of his toy cars. I asked " did you ask him about it "? He said he had but the little boy said he had not taken the car. Than my grandson said something that really concerned me. He said we should torture this little boy until he confessed. Torture I said, how do you do that? He than stated that we could lock him in a dark closet till he was so scared that he would tell where the toy was. Where did you hear about torture? In school he said, The President said it was ok to torture to get what you want.

I explained that torture does not get you what you want, and in fact really does not work. The person being tortured will say or agree to anything to stop the torture. Later, we found the car. I said are you glad we didn't torture the little boy?

Why am I discussing torture with an 8 year old anyways?

This madness has to stop.