How to Accidentally Train Your Kid to Survive

<p>My alarm clock was pink. She came from Sears with the pack of undershirts they gave me for Christmas in the 3rd grade. I don&rsquo;t know what happened to that alarm clock, but I can tell you that I held onto, and continued to stitch up the holes in those undershirts until the relationship ended when I was 38 years old.</p> <p>I&rsquo;ve always been sentimental with things.</p> <p>This was the 90s so there was no option for a gentle warm light wakeup call&hellip; or a soft little birdie ditty. You had two options: raging, menacing beep &mdash; or &mdash; the radio. And since I wasn&rsquo;t allowed to wake anyone else up when I was getting ready for school, I chose the safest route.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/the-memoirist/how-to-accidentally-train-your-kid-to-survive-814394d5b434"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>