Cultural Overlord Wins (Or, a Significant Parenting Victory)
Parenting victory top ten: My son, his mom and blended family are headed to Los Angeles soon for his step sister's high school graduation. They are going to take advantage of the event and have planned an elaborate and enviable itinerary for a couple weeks (National Parks, a couple colleges, San Fran, the whole nine yards). I didn't have any real input on the sights they will take in, though his mom and I have shared experiences out there. However, one of my biggest jobs in being the divorced (read: not lived with) dad is the role of Cultural Overlord. I realized early on that if I'm not sharing a home with this constantly morphing young 'un, my options on leaving my imprint are limited. Hence, the Cultural Overlord dictates some avenues of experience - primarily music, movies / TV, and food, in that order. The latter two have been enhanced in today's tech dependent world. Netflix, Amazon, and a couple gray market sites provide all t...