Mom, Dad, Bats

Daniel Alarcón’s dad was obsessed with soccer when he was growing up, but he was only average at soccer.

Writer Brady Udall with another story about what animals can take the place of, in our lives and in our homes—this one involving an armadillo.

Veronica Chater explains the conflict in her house between her love for her pet macaw—a kind of parrot—and her love for her husband and three kids.