A Story About Sock Puppets and Priorities

By Every Family's Got One Guest Writer -- Sheila Quirke It happened this morning. I was at the sink doing dishes, my older son was being too attentive to one screen or another and my younger son was whining at me, asking for help making puppets.  He wanted to make puppets. Now.  He needed help, of course, but couldn't he see me busy at the sink doing last night's dinner pans? Nope. Puppets. Now. Right now. I encouraged him to ask his brother. He did. That didn't go too well, as that screen wasn't going to watch itself. The little one was back in the kitchen after a [...]