I would guess that contrary to what they do or say, all new parents know deep down that comparing their child to another is not a good idea. All of the parenting books say so, anyway. We all know that all children are different, yet playgroups are full of insecure parents who are worried that little one-year-old Johnny isn’t walking as well as one-year-old MacKenzie, or that Susie can string three words together while Becky has yet to say anything, and Becky is six months older. And it doesn’t stop when the kids have outgrown the playgroups and move on to school. One mom might tell a friend about how…

My family members really, really like salt, probably more than they should. “Please pass the salt” is something heard over our dinner table countless times, as is the tune “Here Comes the Bride”. Huh? Yes, you read that correctly. Whenever I pass the salt, I pass the pepper with it, and I hum the first few bars of “Here Comes the Bride”. I grabbed this family portrait and description from the Nick, Jr. website Although the Nick, Jr. show “Blue’s Clues” (one of our family favorites, back in the day!) has taught kids that Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper are INDEED married*, I am convinced that surely that television relationship…