The Mom Stop: No more lazy days of summer

When I think back to the summers of my childhood, I’m reminded of long days at the neighborhood pool, playing “Marco Polo” with other kids or diving for objects in the deep end while the lifeguard’s stereo blasted early ’90s rock.The tenderness of sunburn comes to mind — because I never could tan — and the exhaustion that came after swimming all day, almost every day. At lunchtime, we’d eventually make our way up the hill about a [...]