Ed. note: Today's list is brought to us by Babble contributor Tammy La Gorce.
Sometimes,
the world according to Peanuts makes the most sense. An example: If the
fall calendar at Lucy, Linus and Charlie Brown’s preschool included
marching in a Halloween parade, the parents wouldn’t have shown --
Snoopy would have heckled Charlie Brown from the sidelines while a
crowd of large-headed children and a few adults speaking the language
of “woh” looked beatifically on. By the time the whole thing wrapped
and special snack was served, everyone would have dispersed to talk a
little philosophy over candy corn and caramel apples.
Life, of
course, is way messier than Charles Schulz prepared us for. Which is
why you should count on not only attending the preschool Halloween
parade, but also on fellow parents moaning every step of the way.
Herewith,
15 things that parents bitched about at last year’s parade. Will
anything other than an intervention by the Great Pumpkin himself make
this year’s any different? -- Tammy La Gorce
1)“If Aidan’s mom had told me he was going to go as Iron Man, I would have sent Matias in something different.”
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