We manifested a cat

In our house I have been working to get across the idea that 'thoughts are things', the premise behind the 1937 book Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill . It's important to me that the kids understand that we can have control over our thoughts and what they think about will come about.

I didn't know they heard me.

Earlier this week a kitten was dropped off at our house. We were sitting on the lawn trying to befriend him and decide what we should do when my 13 year old spotted a bucket a baseballs that we had purchased from a friend on the weekend. "Holy Smokes Mom. We manifested a cat!"

Here lies the problem. I didn't read the parenting chapter on that. So my mind was instantly a muck with 

• He listens?
• What if he's afraid to bring anything into his life with a picture?
• Should I tell him he's right...that he's wrong?
• This is why people don't discuss this shit with kids.

I decided to implement the well used laugh and deflect technique practised for generations of parents without the right answer. 

We will revisit this conversation after I figure out what to do with this cat...