Tonight I experienced another one of those precious kid milestones, albeit an obscure one. A kindergarten classmate of my daughter Molly’s had scheduled a birthday party for this evening (yes, the night before Thanksgiving!), and due to a scheduling conflict with my wife’s work there was no way I could attend the party because I [...]

I’ve always been a big fan of please and thank you’s. My parents always made sure that I was polite no matter what I asked or what I was given or how I interacted with people. If I took something that someone gave me and didn’t say thank you, I got a little dop slap [...]