Ready for this? A reporter, from a New York City daily, asked me for my opinion of a new trend she was investigating … people having “pet lettuce,” along the lines of a pet rock. Apparently pet lettuce owners will actually drag a head of lettuce around on a leash. No, sadly, I am […]

The biggest problem with helicopter parenting is that it sends a message to children that they are not competent to do things alone and that parents don’t trust them to be okay without them. It also sends the message that the world is not a safe place, and that children should not trust themselves to […]