For you parents who are also quantum physics buffs, may I present a thought experiment, something I call “Schrodinger’s Kids”…
My kids are in a spotless room filled with finger paints, markers, and scissors. I am elsewhere in the house, completely unaware of what is happening inside the room. The room could be either in its earlier pristine condition or it could have decayed into a horrid post-apocalyptic shit heap. Do I make the observation?