Appreciating all your warm and caring comments!
Best Mom's Day gift ever, hearing praise for one's kids! I am more than ever aware how difficult is the alternative, how hard to be on your kid's side when the rest of the world doesn't like him or her. There was one there at a teacher conference day whose son was a problem child. He was always in trouble, always pushing the limits too far... His mom never got any joy from teacher conferences. I'd been a chaperone on the 5th grade field trip, and he was in the group I was herding through the... Sign in to see full entry.