Me: “I love that you have lofty aspirations.”

Billie: “I don’t know those words.”

Me: “‘Lofty’ and ‘aspirations?’ Well, they mean-”

Billie: “No. I don’t know those words because I haven’t leveled up yet.”

Me: “-You what now?”

Billie: “I haven’t unlocked that skill, Mom. ‘Lofty’ and ‘aspiration’ are level 8 words.”

Me: “Level 8? You mean, like, age 8? As in, you haven’t learned those words yet because you’re only 7 and not 8?”

Billie: “Ugh. Yes. That’s what I just said.”

Me: “But you can learn any word no matter your age. There’s no ‘locked skills’ in life.”

Billie: “Everything’s a locked skill until you learn it, Mom. You should know that. Aren’t you on level 80 or something?”

…I might be throwing her video games out the window soon.