A New Dad Explains Being Hoist by Your Own Petard to His Son

With his wife away from home, the burden of looking after their son fell on Tang Xin's shoulders.

Tang Xin was at his wits' end over his son's demand to stay up late and listen to a fairy tale.

All the fairy-tale books in the house were in the room next door. It was cold tonight, and Tang Xin couldn't be bothered to leave the bedroom. After thinking for a moment, he dug up a nightmare story from some dusty corner of his mind.

Theme: Don't assume you can fool children just because they're little