Pulled the trigger (pun intended) on one of these:
Orion SkyQuest XT8i Computerized IntelliScope | Orion Telescopes
Now if it will just stop raining.....
Wife goes to Doctor.
Doctor prescribes medication
Wife gets medication form pharmacy
Wife gets home and reads the patient literature
Wife discovers that the medication should not be taken if she has had a certain condition (she had)
Wife calls Doctor to find out if she is to take medication or...
In a serious answer to your OP, parents have abdicated the care and feeding of their children starting in the late 1960s. When I was in grade school (back when the Earth's crust was still warm) my mother provided my lunch. Sometimes it was nothing more then grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato...