It's 7:40 on a Tuesday. The tablet has been on for what feels like twenty minutes and has actually been on for ninety. You say the words you've said a hundred times — five more minutes — and five minu...

A friend of mine told me about the afternoon her seven-year-old melted down in a toy aisle. Not over the toy — over the explanation. "You said we didn't have money," he said, "but you just used the ca...
