Sometimes the toughest interview questions come from the most surprising places. Nine-year-old Isaiah Fredericks and his 7-year-old brother Josiah put their dad, Kevin, in the interview hot seat during a visit to StoryCorps.They started out with the basics: When and where Kevin was born."I was born in El Paso, Texas, in 1983 on my grandmother Ruthie's bed," Kevin said.Isaiah didn't know this but admitted it was an interesting piece of information.But then his Josiah asked their dad, "How do you describe yourself as a child? Were you happy?""I was a very happy, curious child," Kevin told them. "There was a lot of playing outside in the hot sun and drinking water from hoses."Isaiah paused."You drank water out of hoses?" he asked. "Man, I am learning so much new stuff about you."Now that the ice was broken Josiah moved on to tougher questions: What's the hardest thing about being a dad?""The hardest thing about being a dad is having a drink that you want to drink, and small people put their nasty mouth all over it," Kevin explained. "And then whatever they were eating is now in the drink, and then you don't want it anymore. Or buying them food and they don't want their food, but they want your food. You're just never satisfied."At this point you might think the boys were pondering the heavy burden adults bear, but Josiah asked, "Why can't I be in charge?"His brother jumped in before Kevin could respond."Because then everything would be a nightmare," Isaiah said.Kevin cited a different reason and added some requirements for being "in charge.""[You can't be in charge] because you are missing four teeth and no one's going to listen to somebody who doesn't have teeth in their mouth," Kevin said.After that the two boys pelted their dad with rapid fire questions.
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