My father did a lot of freelance writing at various points in his career, and one of my favorite things he ever sold to a magazine – because the title is so sublimely ridiculous – was “Mastering the Lowly Hoe” for a book published by Organic Gardening magazine. Who knew that using a hoe could be require so much practice and explanation?!

For some reason, this article’s title always comes to mind when I see C continue to struggle with mastering the lowly drinking straw. She’ll be 2 years old next month and she still can’t quite figure out how to work a straw.

And that’s what I’m blogging about over at Babble today.

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