My essay on my daughter’s first break-up, appearing in the February issue of Good Housekeeping.

“Loser,” her brother said when he heard the boy had broken up with his sister by email.  “Loser,” her brother said when he heard the boy had sent my daughter’s best friend over to do his dirty work for him.

“Well,” my husband said.  “He is eleven.”

“And a boy,” I added.

Future boyfriends, beware.  We’ve got her back.  And, we’re writers…

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/family/parenting-tips/karen-shepard-parenting-essay