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The Ongoing “No Left Turn” Saga

I think I finally snapped. Or maybe, I'm just a little tired of trying to be the vigilante mom who gets stuck in traffic while some moron parent blatantly ignores the "No Left Turn" sign. I'm sure my poor kids are tired of being embarrassed as they hear me laying on my horn to try and signal to the offending parent that they're an idiot. Since my emails and calls to the school over the past 2 years have done no good, I finally wrote an email to the school board. Here's the actual email (only the names have been removed):   I am a parent at _______ and I need to find out who to direct my complaint to.  Ever since they opened up the new wing, there has been a constant issue with parents disregarding the very obvious "no left turn" sign at the end of the drop … read more

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The Problem With Kids

Is unfortunately, usually, their parents.  One of the things that I noticed pretty quickly when we moved back to this area is that in the South people tend to live by the rule of "do as I say, not as I do" – especially when it comes to RSVPs.  I have been bitten on more than one occassion by parents who didn't RSVP for birthday parties. I don't mean responding "no"… I mean no response at all. One year, I had to move an entire party altogether due to parents not RSVPing for it. Try explaining that to a 4 year old who had her heart set on a certain type of party. I'm not the only one who's faced this.. I have a friend who went thru the effort and expense of having professional invitations printed up and still ended up having to call each person who was invited to … read more

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