by Elisabeth Parker | Mar 13, 2016 | Random brain droppings
Daylight Savings Time marks the start of spring. Normal parents and their children are all excited and set to “spring forward.” But not your family. That’s why we started Barely Adequate PARENTING magazine, so slacker parents whose kids just...
by Elisabeth Parker | Dec 11, 2014 | Random brain droppings
Richard Scarry’s “Busytown” children’s series got kids excited about their future careers. Remember Richard Scarry’s “Busytown” children’s books, games, and TV series with the winsomely-drawn cartoon farm animals doing all kinds of cool, fun,...
by Elisabeth Parker | Oct 25, 2014 | Random brain droppings
Still think voter ID laws won’t keep people from voting? Over 600,000 people in Texas may find themselves unable to cast ballots, thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court’s shamefully unjust decision to allow Texas to enact SB-15, the strictest voter ID law in the nation. In...
by Elisabeth | Aug 12, 2014 | Random brain droppings
It’s back to school time again, and normal parents’ kids can’t wait. For the rest of us, there’s Barely Adequate PARENTING magazine When the school year begins, all the parenting publications run upbeat, can-do articles on how to ensure a...
by Elisabeth Parker | Apr 14, 2013 | Random brain droppings
Those right-wingers keep going on about how better off we’d be if we ran government like a business. Even some lefties buy into this idea. For some strange reason, we still believe the business world is more efficient, productive, competent, and straight-forward...
