conversations with my kid
It’s true, what people say. The best time to catch up with your kid is right after school.
My 4th grader, yesterday afternoon: “The school counselor came in and we learned about segregation. Usually we just learn about bullying. We talked about why it’s not good to leave somebody out just because of… something. Some of us got stickers” (holds up his hand and shows me the sticker that’s plastered to it).
“Yeah, they’re scratch n sniff, they smell like Play-Doh. Then the kids got asked, How did you feel about that? And they were all, Oh, it was really bad, it was unfair. But really, they were lying. They were glad they got stickers and the other kids didn’t.”
me: “Do you think the lesson was maybe because of Black History Month?”
kid: “Nope. And that’s how we got… Punxsutawney Phil!”
And then we had a talk about Malcolm, and Dr. King.
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