The Cautionary Tale of Gremlins

Each year there's some new, hot thing every kid wants and every parent is desperate to get. Cabbage Patch Dolls. Tickle Me Elmo. This year, it's some bizarre Tamagotchi/Furby hybrid called Hatchimals.  Such toys may be outrageously over-priced and hard to find, but at least they're inanimate. If the kids fall out of love with…