During Hurricane Sandy a friend was nice enough to lend us her apartment on the The Upper West Side. Tuesday and I spent A LOT of time walking around because NONE OF THE PLAYGROUNDS WERE OPEN SO THERE WAS NOTHING TO DO. On the up side, with all that walking I lost a few pounds right before Thanksgiving so I felt very free to gorge myself during the holiday.
Anyway, on one of our marathon walks we passed by a bookstore (I'm pretty sure it was the Upper West Side mega bookstore where Tom Hanks worked in "You've got mail.") and I noticed "How Children Succeed" featured very prominently in the window. The cynic in me would normally give an eye roll and a emphatic Harumph! Who am I kidding every fiber in my being would usually do that but since I was an Upper West Side mom for the time being I did as other Upper West Sider moms would do just then, I told Tuesday to push the door open with her feet so we could manhandle the door open with our stroller and I could grab my very own copy and I could find out exactly how my child was going to succeed.
The bad thing is, we moved back downtown the next day and I reverted back to downtown slacker mom and now have this book, and possibly my child's future, on my bedside table. I can't decide if I'm actually going to read it or not.
Did you notice that it's right under Babs' book - subtitled becoming Barbara Streisand? If this is also a "how to" book I think I'd prefer to have that! The lady has her own mall in her own house, how much more successful can you possibly become!