In demanding that their adult kids do as they did, parents are “setting ... According to therapist Merle Yost, “A parent's job is to help create an adult and launch them into the world ...

The kids get something to do and the satisfaction that comes with doing a good deed. The teachers get pastries, and I have some time to focus on my day job. Win-win-win! My neighborhood community ...

but that's where I discovered a job listing looking for parents who'd like to write about fun things to do with their kids. I immediately applied and was hired. The pay was nowhere near my old ...