A few days ago, the NYTimes ran a op-ed piece titled "Super People" that left me pondering its implications and reactions. If you have a few spare minutes, I highly encourage you to read the article. If you do not, this paragraph sums up what "Super People" are:

A brochure arrives in the mail announcing this year’s winners of a prestigious fellowship to study abroad. The recipients are allotted a full page each, with a photo and a thick paragraph chronicling their achievements. It’s a select group to begin with, but even so, there doesn’t seem to be anyone on this list who hasn’t mastered at least one musical instrument; helped build a school or hospital in some foreign land;...

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One of my biggest fears about becoming a parent to more than one kid is that I will, one day, find myself loving one child more. Is it possible to love all your children equally? Absolutely. But as today's Motherlode article, titled "Do ALL Parents Love One Child More?" states, MOST parents end up preferring one child over the others. This week's Time magazine which discusses the science of favoritism And I think that I have a valid reason to be concerned, because I have a predilection for — subconsciously or not — personally favoring the generally less favored. Case in point: a friend used to be the proud owner of two Yorkies. And while both were adorable in their own ways, it was clear that...