Back To School

So the kids went back to school yesterday. Now I know a lot of parents do the dance of joy when their kids go back to school, and there is a little part of me that is dancing.

But for the most part I get a little sad when they go back.

I know that other people's children will at some point be mean to my children and that really annoys me and makes me not like other people's children.

I know they will learn the victor's side of history, and not see all the points of view.

I know they will be forced to learn things they will never use for the arbitrary reason that someone thought they should.

I know that people who don't know my children will be resolving their conflicts and may not see their point of view.

I know my kids will be offered something they shouldn't put into their bodies, and I hope that I have taught them well enough they will decline it.

(rushes to go pick them up from THAT place)

There, back home and safe with me to warp them on my own terms.