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Should a 13-Year-Old Get a Limo?

July 2, 2009, 9:04 pm |

Is a limo ride over-the-top for a 13-year-old's birthday or a reasonable way to say we're proud she's a teenager?      --k.m.Blend the hypercommercialization of the modern la quinceanera or the bat/bar mitzvah with way too many reruns of "My Super Sweet Sixteen." Then mix in easy credit (once upon a time last year) and the disheartening  tendency to shrink childhood by exposing ever-younger kids to ever-older privileges. Shake on some insecurely hypercompetitive "mama drama" ...and what do you g