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“Miss Pattycakes”

Little Red Schoolhouse means well. They’ve hired a woman to dress up in some sort of crazy costume and come into the kids’ rooms to sing songs and play a bucketful of instruments. Her name is Miss Pattycakes. I’ve never had the pleasure of meeting Miss Pattycakes, but I picture her with red yarn ponytails, [...]

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Schoolbus “Friends”

Savannah has reported some drama on the schoolbus lately. Borderline bullies who refuse to scoot over to provide a sliver of nylon for a kindergartener’s butt, fleeting jealousies about who’s sitting with whom. Yesterday, Sav and I had an earnest discussion about the most recent issue: Mom: “So, how was the bus ride home?” Sav: “Eh. Not [...]

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