Did you know that when she was 7 years old, pop star Selena Gomez was a cast member on the “Barney and Friends” kids’ show?
If I didn’t have children who watched the purple dinosaur as toddlers – and who now listen to pop music – the probability of me knowing this about Miss Gomez would be approximately zero.
Mark KennedyOne of the overlooked benefits of parenthood is access to lifetime learning. And it’s not just learning about pop culture. For example, only because I have two sons, ages 14 and 9, I know that:
* Adding two negative numbers yields a negative sum.
* A cobra once bit a chef several minutes after the snake’s head was severed with a knife.