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Parenting children doesn't get any easier nowadays, does it? A father in Melbourne was accused by the Federal Magistrates' Court of being "too rigid and obsessive," in his demands on his three children. Some of his techniques: insisting his children read to him nightly over the phone, and requiring them to do extra homework above their grade level. It's interesting that the court felt free to rule on this father's homework standards, despite the fact that Australia doesn't place very high in the student score range. Maybe it would be better to outlaw court altogether: writing with all those keyboards is, after all, known to cause wrist strain...