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Two Hours Later–I Get It–So Why Didn’t You?

Getting rid of a kid for a week during the holidays? Priceless.
Actually, $60 and a two-hour orientation. The $60 was worth every penny. The two hours I can never get back.
Normally, I avoid command performances more carefully than the plague. The plague I can cure. But there has never been a two hour orientation that [...]

Swine Flu 1, The Mother 0

The last time we talked about the H1N1 flu (the flu originally known as “swine flu”), I was telling you all not to panic. I said it was mild, that the deaths in Mexico were probably statistical freakishness, and that, while I supported the draconian measures taken by some public health departments and the CDC, [...]

How Not to Send Your Kids to Camp

Since it’s summer camp season, and I have done a whole lot of those, I have a few suggestions. But as usual, mine might not be the same as most of the other ones out there.
How NOT to send your kids to camp:
1) Don’t pack for them. What do they learn if you pack for [...]