In the weeks leading to the beginning of the new school year the pressures of parenthood are as much in evidence as the business of trading.
Time was when outfitting children for the new school year was a simple routine. Parents, by and large, made the choices and the children complied; not necessarily without murmur, but without any visible sign of protest.
These days, there is evidence of a paradigm shift in many parent/child relationships. The child, all too frequently, calls the shots,
