Role Reboot

Why We’re Skipping Halloween, The Latest Competitive Parenting Sport

In the age of Instagram, Halloween is a competitive sport, and you get points based on how much of your own blood, sweat, and spilled pumpkin spice latte goes into your kids’ costumes. “Do you decorate for Halloween?” a friend asked recently. “You seem like the kind of person who would really go all out.” […]

Why I Don’t Go To Every One Of My Kids’ Events

My kids are a very important part of our family, but they aren’t the only part. I said no to the Wellie Waddle, but yes to the Messibat Siddur. No to the Burns Night Supper, but yes to the Daffodil Tea. My kids don’t have an unwieldy amount of school events—we live in the U.K., which […]