Oh, it had definitely been Amanda's idea. The same Amanda that had been pegging Daniel for the last twenty years. There were some things teenage girls did not need to know about their parents though.
Instead, Daniel tutted at Sam. "Sam, come on, we've been over this. Whatever happened between me and her with the divorce, she's still your mom. She still loves you." Amanda had cheated on him, left him for another man - one of their co-workers no ess, and tried blaming the whole thing on the karate war, yet Daniel would still defend her to the kids. That's just what a decent guy did.