childrearing

Here on earth, anyone who has been around children knows that sometimes — when your 11-year-old is protesting your refusal to let her have three friends over for the weekend while your 2-year-old asks for the 73rd time why he has to stay buckled in the car seat, all while in bumper-to-bumper traffic — the only thing left to communicate is: \”Because, I said so!\” And if the result is kids believe they are at the humble mercy of a greater power who needs no reason whatsoever to tell it like it is: good.