AND LAST, GET TO
KNOW YOUR KIDS —
Turn off the tube. Make a pitch-
er of home-made lemonade (from
scratch), bake a batch of cookies,
sit on your porch, count the fireflies
and tell them stories of your youth.
Tell them about how it was
to be a kid back in the primitive
age before cell phones, DVDs, the
Gap and MTV. Tell them how you
had to open the garage manually,
how you had to watch movies on
a VCR; and there’s always the one
about walking barefoot in the snow
to school, uphill, both ways. They
won’t be kids for long and summers
really aren’t endless. Enjoy their
company.
Could be worse
It might be surprising to learn
how many folks crammed into the
Ginza, or chilled up in Moscow,
would love to spend some time in
the warm and wide open spaces
right here at home.
Within an hour’s drive we
have a wilderness ethos, a sense of
community and, ultimately, all the
air conditioning people can afford.
There can be no doubt: there are
worse places to spend this summer
than Parker County, Texas. And,
there are many resources to keep
the kids safe and active.
Or you could leave them at
home with cable television, friends
their own age and knowledge of
where the liquor is kept. What
could possibly go wrong?
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