October 15 Valley Life column

October 15 Valley Life column

"You're not the boss of me!" my son used to say when I told him to clean his room. I'm not sure where he picked up this attitude, maybe at school, but more than likely he got it from his dad, who would always say, when I asked him to do something, "Who was your gopher last year?"

"You," I would reply to my husband and "Oh yes I am," I would tell my son as I strived to keep the house in order.

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