Why Chicken Nuggets Are Better Than Prozac: and Other Observations from an Over-Caffeinated Dad

Why is the morning drop-off so hard to get right? If you give your pre-schooler a time-out and then forget about him, does that make you a bad parent? What do you do if your kids reject your politics? If you’re like most parents, these are the things you deal with every day, trusting that between Oprah, the self-help section at the bookstore and the collective wisdom of other parents, you’ll be able to figure them all out — but not until after you run the kids to soccer, set up a couple of playdates, mediate an argument, break up a fight, drop a donation off for your school’s silent auction, double-check some fractions, proof-read an English paper, find a 3-ring binder for a History report, re-schedule the dentist, play hide ‘n’ seek, and try to get just a little more sleep than last night. (Though nowhere near as much sleep as when you were single.)