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AwakeAtLast

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8. I hate those days

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Tue Jun 21, 2016, 09:56 AM

Jun 2016

Lockdown drill day, the day I spend a lot of time saying, "My job is to keep you safe, you will be OK." Or words to that effect. Over and over and over. Hug after hug after hug.

They are just looking for anyone they can trust in this world and need constant reassurance.

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Mother breaks down after seeing 3-year-old daughter practicing lockdown drill [View all] The Straight Story Jun 2016 OP

I remember when my six year old daughter came home sobbing because she got a "c".... marble falls Jun 2016 #1

In our new globalized "Knowlege Economy" only "the best" are allowed a decent life. Odin2005 Jun 2016 #2

I do not know what the answer is. Our stategy was to live in small towns and I still got the sobbing marble falls Jun 2016 #3

And yet that's not what the poster said. Poster said kid got a mediocre grade and still did just Bluenorthwest Jun 2016 #4

Letter grades at age six? HuckleB Jun 2016 #7

I wonder what kind of scars that will leave on children csziggy Jun 2016 #5

I guess they do them in pre-school now, too. Ugh. HuckleB Jun 2016 #6

Yep Dorian Gray Jun 2016 #11

I hate those days AwakeAtLast Jun 2016 #8

Beyond sad. davidthegnome Jun 2016 #9

Much much worse than when my kindergarten had to practice atomic bomb drills no_hypocrisy Jun 2016 #10

OK, I'm jaded maxrandb Jun 2016 #12