Thank God for the strong willed child
I was at home on a Thursday late morning, getting ready to go to work and my phone rang. It was the principal of the kid’s school and she said, “Unfortunately I have to tell you about something that happened today”. Of course my heart fell to my stomach and I said, “okay…”. You never know what you’re going to hear. She went on to tell me that Zoe had been in art class and told her teacher that a boy “touched her butt”. When the principal talked to Zoe she asked, “Now what do you mean when you say ‘butt’? Do you mean here (pointing to the back) or here (pointing to the front zipper area)?” Zoe pointed to the front. She then asked Zoe if she had told the teacher right away and said that Zoe said yes and looked at her with a “duh, of course I did” look on her face. She also told me that they wanted us to know they would be following district procedure and discipline immediately. I was enraged. My first thought was wow I...