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Karen DeBonis's avatar

That scene is the part of parenting they don't describe in parenting books--how to navigate all the relationships and expectations and values and emotions involved every day, unless you raise your kid on a deserted island. Sigh. It's life, Gail - not knowing and then knowing not when it's too late, but when you can learn the real lesson in it.

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3musesmerge's avatar

Perhaps that’s why the escapade lives so large in memory? It taught me a big lesson? Thank you friend!

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Monty's avatar

Gosh to send a five year old to the principal's office AND do it while his Mother was in the classroom. What nerve!

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3musesmerge's avatar

haha! That's what I thought! She was a stern one. Retired now.

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