Little Johnny wakes up desperate to use the bathroom. He can hear his mom downstairs chatting with friends, so he runs down and blurts out:

“Mommy! I gotta go pee pee!”

Mortified, his mom pulls him aside and whispers, “Johnny! We don’t shout that in front of guests. Next time just come to me quietly and say, ‘I gotta whisper,’ okay?”

Johnny nods and she takes him to the bathroom.

A few nights later, he wakes up again, hears his Mom with her friends , drinking wine and chatting in the kitchen, he goes downstairs, and says sweetly, “Mommy… I gotta whisper.”

Proud of him, she takes him to the bathroom.

A few days later, the same situation, but this time it’s Dad watching TV.

Johnny walks up and says, “Daddy… I gotta whisper.”

Without looking away from the screen, Dad smiles, leans into Johnny, and says,

“Sure, son, come here,…
…you whisper in Daddy’s ear.”