I just got an email from the sweet, sweet ladies who teach Bear at preschool. It starts off:
Valentine's Day is just around the corner. As a home project we would like your child to make a creative, decorated Valentine box for their Valentine's [sic]. Please make sure to open the box so the children can deliver their cards. The children will also need 17 Valentine cards to share with their friends....
"Home project"? WTF is a "home project"? He is two years old and he has homework? We don't have time for homework. I pick him up from school at 5:30, we get home at 6, we eat dinner, he takes a bath, he goes to bed, that's it. When is he supposed to make a creative, decorated box?
More importantly, I am paying these good people hundreds of dollars every month so that I don't have to do crafts with my toddler, or to feel guilty about how much I hate crafts, or to feel embarrassed around other parents at how bad my attempts at crafts turn out to be. This is a violation of my contract.
[Sidebar: I was completely confused by the bit about "make sure to open the box" until I was typing it in here. The creative, decorated box has to have an opening so the other kids can put his cards in it. Check.]
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