The Slice
I had asked parents to reveal the secret to keeping an only child from regarding himself or herself as royalty.
Christine Anderson offered an answer.
She wrote, “My husband’s favorite way of keeping our ‘princess’ a bit humble is to send her out to clean up after her pets — especially the dog doo in the backyard.”
Yes, I can see where that might give a kid an enhanced understanding of the duties and obligations that come with being the center of the universe.
But Nance Nicholls had a different answer.
“The secret to keeping an only child from regarding herself as royalty?” she wrote. “Have a dad like mine who wanted a son instead of a daughter for his only child.”
Paul Turner