Helping your child go to sleep

Here’s one way: Have a child who is morbidly curious have child bring home library book called “Venomous Creatures” Read and discuss Pay particular attention to the comparison of neurotoxins to hemotoxins Say “Black Mamba” repeatedly, cuz it sounds mean. Okay, venomous. Two drops of venom can kill. Did I mention discuss? That’s a big […]

Alton Brown’s Protégé

You can’t make this stuff up, folks: Child: “Mom, what’s in this?” Mom: “Carrots, onions, celery, beef… it’s just stew.” Child 2: “Are you asking because you want to make it yourself?” Child: “No, cuz it tastes bad.”

annoying others with germs

Have you seen the commercial, where the woman and her child invite the friend over, and while they are playing the other child has the nerve to sneeze on the train, so mom looks disdainfully down her nose at said child, runs to the (unlocked, natch) cabinet and grabs the lysol spray and hoses down […]