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my six year old boy
pulled a fire alarm and
sobbed “i pulled it,
i pulled it, they don’t
have to come”
i held his shoulders as
the fire truck pulled up
and they asked if i was
his father
“my” six year old boy
“my parents” are what i call
their parents
the next day someone at the school said
that i didn’t take the situation seriously enough.
i decided to call the fire department
and have someone come in and speak to the kids about the danger
since apparently my words were not enough.
i called them while standing on the balls of my feet.
the truth is, i know why they think i am too lenient.
i don’t believe in discipline.
i talked to his parents. i talked to him. i made all the consequences clear
and never once seemed angry, outraged or even frustrated.
calm. cold.
they see me as an unmoving, irrational force-
bent only on having fun and never reprimanding
the little ones.
but the truth is that
they made me stand on the balls of my feet.
my six year old boy
pulled a fire alarm and
sobbed “i pulled it,
i pulled it, they don’t
have to come”
i held his shoulders as
the fire truck pulled up
and they asked if i was
his father
“my” six year old boy
“my parents” are what i call
their parents
the next day someone at the school said
that i didn’t take the situation seriously enough.
i decided to call the fire department
and have someone come in and speak to the kids about the danger
since apparently my words were not enough.
i called them while standing on the balls of my feet.
the truth is, i know why they think i am too lenient.
i don’t believe in discipline.
i talked to his parents. i talked to him. i made all the consequences clear
and never once seemed angry, outraged or even frustrated.
calm. cold.
they see me as an unmoving, irrational force-
bent only on having fun and never reprimanding
the little ones.
but the truth is that
they made me stand on the balls of my feet.