Reading my daughter’s elementary school newsletter is always fun. Last year, when we had a feisty principal, parents were asked to stop sending their kids — none over age 10 — to school with fancy coffee drinks and portable DVD players. That stuff is a parenting blogger’s dream.
This year, the new principal is a little more diplomatic. But he did put out a warning about speeding. It wasn’t a warning about being careful while crossing the street in front of the school. It wasn’t a warning about walking out from between buses. It was asking parents to slow down. In the school parking lot. During school hours. When kids are darting around.
I’ve seen these moms. Yes, moms. I’m not being sexist. In my town, moms are the ones who drive the kids to school or pick them up. I swear they floor it as soon as little Madison is out of the car. Is it too hard to ease your car out of the parking lot? Starbucks and the nail salon will still be there. There’s plenty of time to catch "The View."
OK, that was a little bit sexist.