[2ndDivisionVet]

How sad: This is not the country I was born in, unfortunately.

[eyedigress]

That is a very sad thing to read. The only thing I had to worry about in 4th grade was long division and making sure I was done to catch Lost in Space.

My parents never checked up on me. (As I thought) They trusted me to get it done.

[raptor29]

Congratulations, liberals. Another crowning achievement.

[Snurple]

That is a sad story. I remember when my oldest son was in 1st grade (about 15 years ago). They had a parents day thing where you came in and explained about your job. There were only a few parents there and I was the only male. When I got done I said something to the teacher about it. She said most of the kids came from single parent family’s. It broke my heart, I had never really thought about it before.

[gardengirl]

A friend who’s a teacher told me that of the 20 or so kids in her class, 18 of them have different names than their fathers/mothers.

Divorce/remarriage, seperation, single parent homes, relatives raising kids....

Sad. So sad. I might not have had the greatest childhood, but I wouldn’t want to be a kid nowadays.