Dumb People

Parenting.com has an article on Cnn.com about how to relieve stress. Here's one suggestion:

Say your CBA's: "When I'm upset, I recite the alphabet backward," says Ann Eide, a mom of one in Columbus, Mississippi. "I really have to concentrate on the letters, so by the time I get to 'P,' I've forgotten what was bothering me."

I don't want a mother that dumb.

Here's the rest of the article.

Since the bottom of the article reads: "Try a FREE TRIAL issue of Parenting Magazine" I'm guessing somehow they paid to have the article on Cnn.com which means it's a paid ad in the guise of news.