(This is our second run of “The Tantrum,” in which each of our four regulars will address one subject over the course of a week. Previous Tantrum: TV or not TV?) There were many revelations to come from the curious case of the Underwear Bomber. Yemen is a headache. London makes people want to kill …
Monthly Archives: January 2010
Beat the Baby!
Gotta love the Daily News. They have a little tidbit out yesterday on the positive aspects of smacking young children: “A study…found that young children whose parents spank them perform better at school later on…The research, by Calvin College psychology professor Marjorie Gunnoe, found that kids smacked before age 6 grew up to be more …
Trainspotted
It was a good thought. Caught up in the season (Thomas the Tank Engine was the major stocking stuffer this Christmas), we decided to escape the city by train on New Year’s weekend. The task: find a small town in the Northeast with an Amtrak stop close to a small downtown area with a hotel. …
Home Sweet Former Home
I am not going to get into the tear-jerker element of this very fine “Modern Love” piece by Victoria Rosner in this Sunday’s Times, which describes the death of her ex-husband and the impact it had one her toddler (One example: “Now 3, Judah still doesn’t believe in forever and keeps trying to find a …