Well, I'd been through that same sort of thing often during my life, but in knowing that, I perhaps realized that I may also get no closer to convincing my child of it either. So instead, I said, "You're right ...I don't understand! Do you think you understand me?"

"Not at all!" was the response I got; which was close to what I anticipated.

I smiled, "Well, that does not surprise me, nor bother me. What does concern me is that we both understand one thing ...that God understands, and that our life is best served by understanding Him."