Fine, fine, apparently no one else wants to defend bribing their children as a viable parenting strategy. I don’t either, of course—I’m just in favor of having actual evidence of a trend before publishing a trend story. I’m also in favor of providing meaningful guidance in articles that seek to chastise parents, and, come to think of it, I’m not really a fan of media attempts to either make parents feel guilty, or make parents feel better about themselves at the expense of other parents.

Is it odd that I felt like I had to say, “You all know I don’t actually bribe my kids, right?” after complaining about how an article was presented? Hmmm…