Anytime anyone does something Madeleine really doesn’t approve of, she yells,

Dee Datt!!

What she’s saying is, “Don’t do that!!” but Nate never realized this. So when they argue and she yells

Dee Datt!!

he thinks it’s a derogatory name aimed directly at him. So he mopes and tells me, “Mom, Madeleine said

Dee Datt!!

to me!” So he’s started yelling

Dee Datt!!

back to her when he’s really angry. I’m afraid it’s his way of calling her a bad name.

Guess it could be worse…