I'm almost 40, so allow me to slowly climb upon the "back in my day" soapbox and tell you my old man tales of how these damn kids that won't stay off my lawn.
I am not a parent, but I do have nieces and nephews. I try my best to say and do the right things around them, sometimes I slip. I have been put on 'the naughty list' and have been called a 'bad worder' for saying 'heck' more times than I can count. If they consider 'heck' a bad word, than they have no idea how much of a 'bad worder' I REALLY am!
As many other parents did today, I loaded my boys onto the bus for their first official day of school. The task, which seems pretty ordinary, stirs some thoughts, emotions and, more than anything, memories... all of which basically destroyed me emotionally.
Reading to a child is essential to their growth, and most children's books address similar topics of sharing, accepting who you are and eating your vegetables. We found some gems from the children's literature department, though, that made us pause and say WHAT?!?!
Rebecca Sardoni doesn't deny that she entered her nine-year-old's school bus to complain about her daughter being bullied by four of her fellow students.
But it's what happened next that is subject to dispute.