Camping Catastrophe

I love this piece by Judith Warner of the NY Times about “affluenza,” an affliction which strikes many by giving them an enormous sense of entitlement, a lust for constant new material goods and children completely incapable of being unhappy for a millisecond. I agree with most of what she says. Her piece spins off [...]

Number 2

I’m not going to lie to you. I can’t wait for the day when I don’t have to be intimately involved in my children’s toilet activities. I know it’s a part of life, I know it will all pass, and, I know this is a whole lot easier than dealing with a teenager. But still, [...]