Have you ever had to endure that phone call from another parent informing you of some error in judgment committed by your child? And you are stunned because you had not been told about it by your own kid and secondly because of the superiority transmitted in the voice of the other parent? Where you know that parent is making judgments about your parenting skills, your education, your class, your child’s worth? When you have to fight the urge to lash back at that parent’s arrogance and want to tell them that perhaps they have sheltered their child for too long and that it can be a big, mean world out there and when someone is feeling like they are being ganged-up upon, they usually lash out? And you know that your child has a good heart and is a kind kid and is going to grow up to be a fine adult? But that this parent is going to use this opportunity to declare to others how much better a job she is doing raising her children than you are? When all you can do is say thank you for bringing this to my attention and assure her it will be dealt with?
No? I didn’t think so. Me neither.
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