I can remember a conversation I had several years ago with my (then) 6 year old daughter, Molly. I was going to tell her what I'd gotten her mom for Christmas. The conversation was a rather short one.

Me: Hey Molly, can you keep a secret?

Molly: (after a long pause, with eyes slowly filling with tears) No.

Me: No? You can't keep a secret?

Molly: (sobbing) No! I can't! Last time you told me the secret about Mom's birthday present...I telled it! I'm sorry! Waaaaaaaaaa!

Me: Well, this chat didn't exactly go the way I'd hoped...

Molly: Waaaaaaaaaa!

So, after lots of tissues were soaked, we headed out for ice cream (the sure-fire tear stopper).

I wish I had done what Jesse Jackson (different guy) had his daughter Zoey do. Promise her a cookie, grab the camera, and let her spill the beans to the world.

According to the story from ABC News/Good Morning America, Zoey

...almost spilled the beans to their family several times prior to the video, so he figured the best way to make the official announcement was to have her be the star.

"Surprisingly she was willing to go through the whole thing, but to her, this was a paid gig," Jackson told GoodMorningAmerica.com. "She wanted the cookie."

The happy family will find out the sex of the baby, who is due in July, at the end of February.

Make sure you stick around to the end of the video.

 

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