You come to realize that it’s not enough to put them in the same house with clothes and food and then expect them to dress and feed themselves in the morning. You come to realize that if you do not walk the extra mile, the authorities will discover them, naked and starving in their rooms, their faces masks of puzzlement over the fact that somehow, contrary to logic and expectations, reading comics and bickering failed to provide for their most basic needs.
Kids Make You More Loving
August 24, 2006 by at 8:13 am
When do we get the “Kids Make You More Paranoid And Enraged About The Fallen State Of Mankind” post?
Signed,
Person Who Just Discovered A Registered Sex Offender’s Residence Abuts The Home She Is About To Purchase
“Anonymous Teacher Person,” in case someone Googles me. It could happen…
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Oh, my deepest condolences. I don’t enjoy the memory of that conversation with the kids…the There Are Bad People In The World discussion.