Vote For Her

When you say stupid, hateful, truly misogynistic things about a woman in a position of some power, she doesn't hear you. But your sister does - your wife does - your aunts and nieces do - your daughter does.

We don't always model the kind of exemplary behavior we want our kids to emulate. Lord knows I haven't. There have been many mistakes, and many regrets for not doing and being better.

Of course, we can't always be at our best when it comes to doing anything, let alone when we're trying to raise kids to be good and decent people, and it's all we can do just to get them through homework, and supper, and bath time, and bedtime one more night without murdering the little darlings.

But we can try. We can maybe hold back a little on our oh-so-clever, sharp-as-a-razor rhetorical wit, and remember 'little pitchers have big ears'. We can make some small effort to be more aware of the example we're setting.