How is it that you know that for a fact? Edit: Please don't downvote a clear question. The truth is, you can't know another's intentions in most cases. It's ve

How is it that you know that for a fact? Edit: Please don't downvote a clear question. The truth is, you can't know another's intentions in most cases. It's very possible parent does know them in these cases for other circumstantial reasons. In which case I'd ask, how do you know that extrapolated to everyone else who asks those same questions?