A Lesson Learned
As the father of three amazing kids, you might think that I could teach a Parenting 101 class. Well, think again. Let there be no doubt, I am still the student. Rarely does a day go by that I don’t discover a new way of making a mistake. Like I’ve said many times, there is no handbook to being a parent or at least I have never seen one. I entered this parenting thing as cold as the Winter Carnaval in Quebec City. And let me tell you, that’s cold. The Carnaval is so cold. How cold is it Gene Rayburn? The Carnaval is so cold, they keep their ice sculptures outside to make sure they don’t melt. That’s cold. True story. I’ve been there. Ok, enough with the weather, back to the news. For those of you longtime parents, stop laughing at me and just nod when I say -- kids become different when they reach the teens. In the Jewish religion, we call it a Mitzvah, Bar or Bat. The Catholics call it Confirmation. Bruce Springsteen just called it Growin’ Up. As a parent, this is a new world that...