“Promise me, Tippy, that we won’t be those parents.” “What parents?” “The kind whose kid throws a fit in a grocery store while they do nothing about it. We live in a cul-de-sac, not a jungle. Lily should take into consideration that there are other people living within earshot. That’s all I’m saying.” “Well, I for one love to hear kids laugh and play outside. It seems the world is right when they do.” “You realize our children won’t be playing in the front yard until they’re sixteen.” Tippy nodded. “Of course.”
