Feeling vaguely guilty
We live in a poor rural county. Studies show that your poor rural areas, or maybe just poor areas in general, are less likely to have books in the home and less likely to encourage reading in children. Schools obviously want to combat this, especially at the preschool & kindergarten level. The kids bring a book home from the school library every day, this month is 2 at a time for a special reading program, and are often given books by the local Literacy Council, the PTO and Scholastic Books(the schools earn points to get books to give away or keep in their library). Mayhem has been given 5 since the beginning of the year. He’s being given another one today (Goldilocks) This is where the guilt comes in. Mayhem doesn’t need those books. In that same space of time the boys have checked out 17 books from the county library, in addition to the 4-5 a week from the school library and I have bought/traded for 8 more. The boys have 6 shelves stuffed with their books in the house, plus...
ROFLOL - I so remember those days :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite show! Love how they take a line or a scene to the nth level. I'm sorry, I haven't had those days (childless), but anyone who did has my sympathies.
ReplyDeleteOMG!
ReplyDeleteThat was the funniest thing I've seen in a long time! And what mother CAN'T relate to that??
Ha, too funny. My little monkey will go looking all throughout the house for me, screaming, "Mommy, where are you?" just because, "I wanted to give you a hug, and one more kiss!"
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