Claire Petersky wrote:

I know I'm rather the opposite from many parents on this, but I never
tell
my kids that life isn't fair.

I don't either, but it's because my mother always said it and it drove
me crazy. I won't use it on my kid.

I wonder if we run into less of the "life's not fair" bit than some
because we have an only child. I mean, it *does* come up, but not very
frequently. And when it does, it never works.

beeswing