The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: adults

  • Maturity

    There are certain things that one is supposed to leave behind in childhood.

  • What to Cook When You Hate to Cook. Recipe 3: Pepperoni Mac n’ Cheese

    I never said that all my recipe suggestions were going to be healthy ones. In this day and age, you can get healthy recipes any-dang-where. You certainly don’t need me for that. No. I’m here to speak for all the lazy cooks out there who long for comfort food, waistlines be damned. (My peeps! You…

  • Pick on Someone Your Own Size

    Of all the collateral damage caused by our Grand Poobah, I have to say I feel the most sorry for Barron Trump. If he’s not being criticized about being sleepy at 3 in the morning, he’s being called “Poor Little Rich Boy” or being accused of mental health issues. Childhood is hard enough without being…

  • Adult Bullies

    The psychiatric community does not like to place the label of psychopath on children. I suppose that is understandable, because there’s no known cure for psychopathy, and if you get that diagnosis wrong, you could drastically damage that child’s life. No one wants to give up on a child. But the theory is that one…

  • “It’s a Ride Naked on a Tricycle Kind of Day”

    A friend of mine sent out a picture of his toddler doing just that the other day, and that was the caption below it. I thought, “I have those kinds of days, but only in my head.” That reminded me of one of my pet peeves. Why do children get to do things that adults…

  • Reality Based Children’s Books

    The other day I watched a brief video of a Children’s book that was narrated by Samuel L Jackson. It’s called “Go the F**k to Sleep”. I don’t know what made me laugh harder: the actual book, which was surely written more for the entertainment of adults, or the fact that we have reached a…