Our school’s having a fund-raiser and wants “homemade only” baked goods to sell. I don’t bake, but my kid’s begging for this. This setup seems to favor at-home moms. Should I buy cookies to put in Tupperware?

This rule seems more biased against bake-a-phobes than working moms. If they needed someone to make up the flyer for the cakewalk—complete with graphics and pickup art—is that biased against people who don’t know Photoshop? People have different strengths and interests. You may not want to break it to your child that you’re not into baking, but it doesn’t mean you get to subvert the rules. Whoever is organizing this fund-raiser has a vision—a vision that includes homemade goodies. I wouldn’t take it personally. If you really don’t want to disappoint your child, buy a cake mix, pull a chair up to the counter after dinner, and stir up a cake with her. Prep time: about five minutes. Rules followed: yes. Daughter happy: yes. Was that so hard?