Place of Memories
I always like keeping an eye on the creepy little daycare place on the main drag of town. They've been shut down numerous times for violations, and rise again with another ludicrous name, and another stab at staying open.
The new name on the sign outside is "Place of Memories." For quite awhile, it was "Bundles of Agape." Before that it was "Future Leaders of Tomorrow," and before that it was "Little Darlings." I might even be missing one. I feel sorry for the place, and the folks who use it. It doesn't look that great. It doesn't have a yard for the kids to play in, just a bit of pavement out back with a jungle gym on it next to the parking lot of the drug store.
Our country does just a piss poor job of helping with preschool kids. It's not like American workers arrive ready formed to contribute to the Gross National Product. They have to be potty trained, and spoon fed, and raised up through years of shoe lace tying and schooling before they become those ready-to-work adults. We have no government support until kids hit kindergarten age. It's up to each family to scrabble together care and nursey school as they are able. We are a poor nation in many ways.
Speaking of child care, the kids have been home four days in a row again. We had another snow closing today after a day off for Presidents day. The kids are thrilled at first, but I think by now, even they are ready to go back to school for a few days. I start to feel like the walls are closing in, and I remind myself its just February. The month does pass eventually, and in the meanwhile - half-price Valentines chocolate! Whee!
The new name on the sign outside is "Place of Memories." For quite awhile, it was "Bundles of Agape." Before that it was "Future Leaders of Tomorrow," and before that it was "Little Darlings." I might even be missing one. I feel sorry for the place, and the folks who use it. It doesn't look that great. It doesn't have a yard for the kids to play in, just a bit of pavement out back with a jungle gym on it next to the parking lot of the drug store.
Our country does just a piss poor job of helping with preschool kids. It's not like American workers arrive ready formed to contribute to the Gross National Product. They have to be potty trained, and spoon fed, and raised up through years of shoe lace tying and schooling before they become those ready-to-work adults. We have no government support until kids hit kindergarten age. It's up to each family to scrabble together care and nursey school as they are able. We are a poor nation in many ways.
Speaking of child care, the kids have been home four days in a row again. We had another snow closing today after a day off for Presidents day. The kids are thrilled at first, but I think by now, even they are ready to go back to school for a few days. I start to feel like the walls are closing in, and I remind myself its just February. The month does pass eventually, and in the meanwhile - half-price Valentines chocolate! Whee!