Oh, the feeling of relief when my tween daughters tugged me past Sephora and straight into a toy store, hunting for NeeDoh squishies.Not Drunk Elephant moisturizer. Not fake nails. Not “anti-aging” serums marketed to middle schoolers. I will happily spend my Saturday driving around looking for squishy blobs shaped like toast, dumplings and pickles. I will listen to breathless updates about which Learning Express just got a shipment and which Hallmark sold out in 14 minutes. I will fully participate in this absurd scavenger hunt because, beneath the hysteria, there is something unexpectedly sweet happening here.Lisa Smith, who owns Parkway…



