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Dear Alternadad, We've been informed by our 4-year-old's preschool that the state requires all children to have a one-hour nap, despite the fact that our bedtimes on those nights are a sheer hell of sleeplessness for the whole family. How can a state that's $20 billion in the red justify micro-managing families in this way? More importantly, how can we fight Sacramento at naptime?
The one-hour-nap is part of the Governator's mandatory furlough schedule. Teachers and assistants aren't paid while your children are asleep. Therefore, this is a tough-love money-saving measure. If the kids don't stay down, it's their own fault. As for the "sheer hell of sleeplessness," I know you're about to have another kid, so you have to understand that the state is doing it for your own good. Everything in California moves according to a grand design. I have to believe that, or I'll run screaming into the street.
Please send your questions to alternadad@gmail.com.
The one-hour-nap is part of the Governator's mandatory furlough schedule. Teachers and assistants aren't paid while your children are asleep. Therefore, this is a tough-love money-saving measure. If the kids don't stay down, it's their own fault. As for the "sheer hell of sleeplessness," I know you're about to have another kid, so you have to understand that the state is doing it for your own good. Everything in California moves according to a grand design. I have to believe that, or I'll run screaming into the street.
Please send your questions to alternadad@gmail.com.
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Comment by Alan on August 6, 2009 at 2:37pm -
Welcome back sir!
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Comment by StitchyWench on August 6, 2009 at 3:48pm -
I wonder if the Governator thinks he's helping out his own kind since he played a teacher in Kindergarten Cop.
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Comment by Surfer Jay on August 6, 2009 at 7:25pm -
The Governator needs to be terminated.
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Comment by Mamawho on August 6, 2009 at 7:50pm
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Howdy! It's good to see you in the new digs.
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Comment by Ylimemagic on August 6, 2009 at 7:54pm -
As always...I now flail about searching the depths (HA) of my brain for some question. ANY question. I've got nothin'. If that changes, I'm emailing you.
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Comment by The Oracle on August 6, 2009 at 8:25pm -
Ylime...you could ask him which shoes to wear to the wedding.
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Comment by Ylimemagic on August 6, 2009 at 8:57pm
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Oracle, you may be on to something.
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Comment by DLBK on August 7, 2009 at 1:46pm -
A lot of toys that adults think are great are either totally not interesting to kids, or only interesting for a little bit.
mcglory, at least you didn't have to pay for it...
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