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"I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you don't agree with or like." - Margaret Mead Before I was a mother who daily pounded the concrete playground jungles of New York City, I was a nanny. The playground is an excellent place for urban anthropology. After a certain number of years logged people-watching, I fancy myself the Margaret Mead of playgrounds. For tourists with children, I've compiled a handy pocket guide to the types you will encounter mos ...

Anna Lefler is a humorist, comedy writer, EBWW faculty member and author of two books, Preschooled and The Chicktionary: From A-Line to Z-Snap, The Words Every Woman Should Know. She describes her new novel, Preschooled, as "a comic love letter to my children's nursery school years in Santa Monica." Laraine Newman, an original cast member of "Saturday Night Live," calls it "so goddam funny it made me want to ditch my life so I could read it." A portion of the proceeds from the book will b ...