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Kids and Phone Etiquette

If you ever want to find out the age of a child in a household, make a phone call. You can peg a child’s age by how he deals with a phone. Really. Here is my guide: Newborn to fifteen months: Every time the phone rings, the child wakes up. Mother dashes to phone, answers [...]

The Curious Case of the Phone Call in the Afternoon

I have a theory about college age kids. Ready? THEY’RE NOT KIDS ANYMORE. Eighteen-year-olds are adults. They are, at the age of eighteen, responsible for themselves in the eyes of the law, and in the eyes of the MOTHER. Mom and Dad pay for college, as long as we can afford it, and as long [...]