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Parenting
Insane Incentives
Spring is in the air. At my son’s school, that means it’s time for the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment tests. These are the standardized tests created by the No Child Left Behind Act that determine if a school is doing its job in educating children. If too many kids have lousy scores, the school gets put…
Lost Kid
Losing a kid is terrifying. Aside from impromptu–and panic-inducing–games of hide-and-seek while shopping, I’ve misplaced a kid three times. My oldest walked out of the house twice when he little, once to find Mommy at a neighbor’s house–he didn’t know which neighbor–and once to find Grandma, who was in the backyard, but he thought…
Good Friday
We don’t have daycare on Good Friday. We do, however, both have to work today. Two rounds of little-girl tonsillitis have zapped our available vacation time. On an entirely related note, we put our 12 year old son through Red Cross babysitter training a few weeks ago, just for something like this. My wife gets nervous…
