
“That’s What My Parents Did” is Not a Valid Parenting Plan
Every generation says it to excuse the questionable parenting decisions of the generation before, the choices that the younger generation would likely not make for their own children.

The Shame of Shaming Children
What can you do? Call the ACLU. Your rights have been violated. But what if you’re a high school kid, and this happened at school? Because it did.

The End of Human Interaction Has Started at Chili’s
I liked to talk to the real, live waitresses and waiters before the robot uprising is completed, wiping out their jobs.

The Gift of Untogetherness
Parenting teens in the summer is like having cats: Just put out some food and maybe they’ll show up.

A Mom’s Secret Relief of Spring’s Lost Hour
So while the rest of the world cooed about their extra hour reading the newspaper or (screw them) sleeping in, I fantasized about Spring Ahead.

Kudos, Internet Bully. That One Hurt.
Because acknowledging what it felt like to be singled out in such a vile way isn’t giving the anonymous commenter power. It’s giving me power.