Monthly Archives: December 2014
Are we raising spoiled brats? Only time, and George Bailey, will tell
According to a quiz on Parents.com, my husband and I aren’t raising spoiled brats. But I stopped believing online quiz results after I was informed that if I was a classic ’70s rock band, I’d be the Eagles. So I need more assurance we’re doing enough to ensure our daughters won’t grow up to be adults who […]
Toodling and tailgating
If working in the news business has taught me anything, it’s just how wrong the righteous can be. It’s also taught me to be a painfully law-abiding driver. Yeah, I’m that guy toodling along at precisely the speed limit, raising the blood pressure of all those already pressured drivers behind me. If you’ve been lucky […]
Why there’s no Elf on our Shelf
This morning I mentioned to my husband that I feel as though we are the only parents who celebrate Christmas without Elf on the Shelf. “What’s elf on the shelf?” he replied, and for a moment I wished I lived in his world. Elf on the Shelf has been around about a decade. He’s sold […]