Should I be worried?

[Dauphin]

My 5 year old daughter made me pinky promise, and followed it up with “And if you break your promise, I cut your finger off”.

Should I be worried, or will her use of the future conditional improve?

[Buster Crabbe's Uncle]

I doubt she'll be strong enough for years.

[SlowwHand]

She's female. Take her word for it.

[pchang]

Frodo was just fine with 9 fingers.

[BeBMan]

I think she's in charge already when she can extort promises

[N35t0r]

Pre-emptively break her own.

[Egbert]

My 5 year old daughter made me pinky promise, and followed it up with “And if you break your promise, I cut your finger off”.

Should I be worried, or will her use of the future conditional improve?

A pinky promise is something very serious, and of the utmost importance.

You could not possibly break a pinky promise!

[PLATO]

My 5 year old daughter made me pinky promise, and followed it up with “And if you break your promise, I cut your finger off”.

Should I be worried, or will her use of the future conditional improve?

Typically language skills improve once they start to school. Unfortunately their vocabulary also tends to grow in ways that are....unexpected. So...no worries.

[Bereta_Eder]

Thank God there is no middle finger promise.

But in all seriousness I like her answer. Consequences.

[Uncle Sparky]

John Wick III is a lovely kid's movie.