Quit Being So Good: Stories of an Unapologetic Woman Author|Alisha Perkins As parents of young children

As parents of young children know all too well convincing a child that it is time to go to bed can sometimes be difficult to say the least

Both terrifying and paradoxically funny

We are unaccustomed to such generosity and recognition of our efforts

You’ll come away with a deeper understanding of the problem and how to be part of the solution

From 2004-2011 she was managing editor of the award-winning quarterly The Gettysburg Review where she also developed and coordinated an annual writer's conference

Quit Being So Good: Stories of an Unapologetic Woman Author|Alisha Perkins As parents of young childrenWhen Kristi Hemmer was eight, she was the Connect Four champ; nobody wanted to play with her. When she was twelve, she was on the Future Problem Solvers of America championship team; people told her that if she was too smart, boys wouldn't like her. When she was eighteen, her professor told her she was too smart to be a teacher. When she was thirty three and principal of an all girls school, a city council member told her she was too young. The