From the category archives:
My kids tend to fill me in on the topics that outrage them at school each day. It is usually about how a teacher handled a situation or a kid who was irate in class. Yesterday’s news was that a teacher told a kid (these are 8th graders) to leave her classroom and not come [...]
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Kids believe they are invincible, nothing can happen to them. This is normal I am told but the question is how do we make them realize the seriousness of such things such as texting or drinking and driving? Nothing seems real to a teen until it actually happens to someone close to them or themselves, [...]
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What kind of milk did you buy when you were in school? I was all about the chocolate. Heads up. Chocolate milk is next on the ban list in schools. Are restrictions becoming too much? No sweets for birthday celebrations and now no chocolate milk for lunch? We grew up with chocolate milk and we [...]
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In a couple of weeks the lives of my two innocent daughters will change. Forever. The first day of school. But just not any first day. Kindergarten and Middle School. The innocence of my 5 year old will slowly begin to fade. She will be exposed to the real world. The world of the bigger [...]
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Do you remember half of the stuff you learned in school? Do you remember what Asian country was never a victim of imperialism? Do you remember why Louis XVI got involved in the American Revolution? Of course not! But, you do remember what they talked about in Sex Ed class, right? My son was telling [...]
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Remember those cupcakes you were so excited to bring to school on your birthday? Remember how much fun it was to bring those to school and share them with all your friends? Now think about that day and imagine bringing in pencils. Yes, PENCILS! My kid’s school has a new rule not allowing any kind [...]
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