I have been in Seoul for a few days now, and tonight, I got to have Korean BBQ in Korea. It was phenomenal. It wasn't just the good meat (and it was good meat! I need to order pork BBQ more often), but the nice ventilation system they had (so I don't reek of smoke) and the fact that the wait staff went gaga over Amelia and pretty much babysat her and showered her with candies while we ate. People of Korea, you are brilliant in many respects.
Yet the best story of this trip so far has nothing to do with Korea or Koreans. It has to do with one very special birthday boy Mark, whose father had the most ingenious theories on discipline: The Two Hundred Dollar Cash Drawer. In order to teach his three children responsibility, Pere Mark had a drawer that he stocked with two hundred dollars in cash. If ever his children needed to use any money, they were to simply take the money out that they needed and write on the envelope how much they took and what they needed it for. That was it. The idea was to teach them accountability. Because there is no better way to hold teenagers accountable for their actions than a bottomless drawer of cash. The pure creativity and naivete of it all had me laughing for 5 straight minutes.
Of all the crazy parents in all the world, Lord, how did Mark get the good one?
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