I’m so happy to have Daddy home! Why does he have to go to work anyway? Wouldn’t he rather stay home with me and Mommy? Wait, let me go ask him:
Mason: Daddy, why do you have to go to work anyway? Wouldn’t you rather stay home with me and Mommy?
Daddy: Of course I would rather stay home with you and Mommy. But I have to go to work to earn money.
M: Why?
D: We need money to pay for things. Without money we wouldn’t have a place to live or food to eat.
M: So grownups have to work to get things that they need and want?
D: Yes, that’s right, son.
M: …
D: Mason, do you understand why grownups have to work?
M: No, not really. Why don’t grownups just cry and fuss until they get what they want? That’s what I do.
D: Believe me son, some grownups do that as well.
M: I see.