To My Daughter’s School: Stop Acting Like it’s the 1950s

For even though the year is 2016 and a large majority of the school’s students come from families where both parents work hard for the money, the school likes to pretend we’re still living in that “Leave it to Beaver” fantasy of the stay-at-home mum in pearls and an apron. 

First came the barrage of holidays and half days. I had a plan for covering public holidays,…

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