Yesterday the girls and I were talking about what sort of emergencies would warrant a child calling 911. After I'd walked through some of the basics, I asked Margot if she could think of a situation in which she should call 911. Her response: "Well, say that you and Daddy were in the bathroom with the door closed, talking and talking and talking and eating chocolate. And Claire was going around reading all of the books in the house and ignoring everybody. And if I was watching Jane downstairs by myself and she fainted . . . then
that would be a good time to call 911. Right?"
