--- description: "Linda, honey, listen" title: Adorable 3 Year Old Makes Surprisingly Convincing Argument for Why He Deserves a Cupcake image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Adorable 3 Year Old Makes Surprisingly Convincing Argument for Why He Deserves a Cupcake by [Jessica Roy](/author/jessica-roy/) ## Jessica Roy Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 12, 2014 11:52 AM CUT by [Jessica Roy](/author/jessica-roy/) ## Jessica Roy Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 12, 2014 11:52 AM CUT Trapped inside the body of this cute 3-year-old boy is a used car salesman, a corporate lawyer, or both. Either way, his argument for why he should get a cupcake (and why he shouldn’t be punished for trying to secretly steal one) is impressive. Poor mom. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/21164/adorable-3-year-old-makes-surprisingly-convincing-argument-for-why-he-deserves-a-cupcake/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/21164/adorable-3-year-old-makes-surprisingly-convincing-argument-for-why-he-deserves-a-cupcake/"},"headline":"Adorable 3 Year Old Makes Surprisingly Convincing Argument for Why He Deserves a Cupcake","datePublished":"2014-03-12T11:52:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:07:42.716Z","description":"\"Linda, honey, listen.\"","url":"https://time.com/21164/adorable-3-year-old-makes-surprisingly-convincing-argument-for-why-he-deserves-a-cupcake/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jessica Roy","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/jessica-roy/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/21164/adorable-3-year-old-makes-surprisingly-convincing-argument-for-why-he-deserves-a-cupcake/","name":"Adorable 3 Year Old Makes Surprisingly Convincing Argument for Why He Deserves a Cupcake"}}]}] ```