Matthew Taylor

Surrounded by cake, juice, Disney paper products and several small screaming children I was approached by a friend at a recent party.

“How are your delightful children?” she enquired.

I replied, “Thanks for asking, they are well, great fun and very grounded.”

She continued to gushing over my children, “That doesn’t surprise me that they are so grounded, you are such involved parents and your kids always exhibit such excellent manners.  They are always such good examples to these younger children.”

I said thank you again and then proceeded to explain that my children weren’t at the party.  They had both been horribly bad and were grounded.  Very grounded.