Parents, it’s time to fight back against ‘Big Birthday’ | GUEST COMMENTARY

I generally skew towards the silly and superfluous. But today I’m turning serious. I want to talk about a threat to all of us and our children. It’s not Big Brother, Big Pharma, Big Tech, or even Big Lunchmeat.

I’m afraid it’s much worse.

It’s Big Birthday.

I have a preschooler and a first-grader. The preschooler is turning 5 soon — him and everyone he knows, apparently. These days my inbox is besieged by b-day invitations; it feels like a cyberattack. In the next three weekends...