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Not-So-Perfect Parent: Over for Rover

6:49 AM Mon, Sep 22, 2008 |
Paige

We get talked into it. They look at us with those sad little eyes and whimper, "Mommy, can I please have a goldfish". We believe them when they promise to take care of it and clean the bowl every-other day. Sane, rational people will yield to a child's plea and bring "pets" home that you would otherwise call an exterminator and evacuate the house. What's worse is that we fail to fast-forward and visualize ourselves standing in front of a t...