![]() Despite her difficult upbringing, Jeannette perseveres and becomes a successful journalist living in New York City. Who in the fiery heck is Jeannette Walls, you ask? She's the author of The Glass Castle, a 2005 memoir about growing up with parents who could be nicely described as bohemian nomads-and meanly described as deadbeat losers. If Jeannette Walls saw a squishy NERF bat, she'd set it on fire. ![]() And some brat always ruins the latest fun toy for everyone by sticking it up his nose and getting the thing recalled.īack in Jeannette Walls' day, she cooked her own hot dogs when she was three years old, lived in a house with faulty wiring that electrocuted members of her family on a daily basis, and defended herself against neighborhood bullies by building a catapult to assault them with giant rocks. Kids practically have to wear helmets just to go outside. Playgrounds are coated in rubber, and every corner is a soft, rounded edge. Some people say our society has gone overboard with safety precautions. ![]()
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