The Problem with Todays Kids
Every generation has tried to pinpoint why the next will fail. Possibly because adulthood spawns existential crisis and possibly because every generation wants to be the best generation, which is a branch of existentialism in its own right.... In the throws of a migraine my kids are arguing about the usual nothingness. Screams from outside suggest it's over the front seat. I reluctantly get in the car and ask them to get it together and act like adults. Then I imagine my grown sister and I fighting over the front seat and what that would look like. Naturally, I would win. I've given birth naturally to a multitude of children and I could break her like a twig. I smile at the thought, then remind myself, they're just kids and this is pretty standard. I explain I have a migraine and would like them all to keep to volume down. As they jump out of the car and walk towards the school arguing over a random unopened bag of Jimmy Johns chips they found on the floor of the