In last week’s Slate, Ruth Graham wrote a funny little piece about all the whining that goes along with modern parenting. Ross Douthat suspects that he’s another parental whiner.

Like most parents, I whine about it and kiss the brats all at the same time. I’m not whining so much about parenting any more. The kids themselves are easy as long as you give them a frozen burrito and good wifi access. My whines du jour are mostly about being stuck in the suburbs until the kids finish school.