More from The Moth: Adam Gopnick Learns the True Meaning of LOL

Posted on August 13, 2011 at 8:00 am

This is one of my all-time favorite stories from The Moth, and one of the all-time greatest stories ever about being a parent. Adam Gopnick on virtually parenting a 12-year-old.

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