"Lovingly crafted and super-creative cupcakes are not exactly on tap in my household after a full day at work, and I do not blame my mother for a second that they were not on tap in hers, either."
- Emily OsterEconomist and author Emily Oster is renowned for her thoughtful and straightforward discussion of parenting. In one of her pieces, she used a direct yet sympathetic tone to convey the realities of everyday parenthood. Oster uses her own experiences to illustrate how unexpected conflicts can arise be…