Melissa Gilbert just said the quiet part out loud about common sense in Hollywood, and the local parents on Main Street are done with the excuses.
Look, I don't care if you were in Little House on the Prairie—common sense isn't a historical artifact. I was walking my dog past the town library this morning and overheard two moms arguing about whether we need to teach kids how to use a plunger before they learn algebra. Then I saw on the news that Gilbert wants to bring back "old-fashioned values"? Great. Let's start with not letting your kids stare at an iPad for six hours and calling it "education." Common sense says if your porch light is off, trick-or-treaters move on. Common sense says you don't run a red light because you're "in a hurry." But no, now we need a celebrity to remind us that we shouldn't need a government grant to figure out how to lock our own front doors. I'm not anti-progress, but I am pro-plunger. And pro-turning off the GPS when you know your way home. Maybe Melissa Gilbert can fix the pothole on Elm Street while she's at it.