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January 20th, 2010
Circle Time
You know you’re a bad mother when your son’s second-grade teacher asks, “Now, whose mother are you?” and it’s two months into the school year.
When my son Ethan was in kindergarten, I volunteered every week in the classroom. Sorting paper and artwork, helping kids work on projects or reading aloud were a few of the more glamorous tasks while often I simply made photocopies. Whatever the work, it was reassuring to watch my son and his classmates and teachers interact, developing friendships or resolving conflicts.
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