•April 5, 2023•
By Jim Baumann
NP Guest Writer

Your child, metaphorically speaking, might always be a handful, whether that child is an infant who fits in the palm of your hand or, well, Will Smith.
The range of behaviors or traits that makes someone a “handful” can be very broad and might be different for different people.
Now, when you consider the other less metaphorical definition of “handful” — namely a small number or amount of something — the scope narrows.
Sure, you can have a handful of shampoo, a handful of paper or a handful of rope (all amounts rather than numbers) or you could have a handful of ball bearings, a handful of TicTacs or a handful of baseball cards (either an actual handful or a small number).
But then things go off the rails.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.