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Strollerderby
According to my wife, my mother, were she alive today, would likely be hauling our kids off to church to be baptised — to which I responded that that would be the last time she saw them. To undermine a parent’s authority on something as important and fundamental as their religious beliefs is, in my opinion, grounds for terminating contact. Sneaking kids a cookie on a school night is something I can live with, but attempting to indoctrinate my kids into a belief set that I not only don’t subscribe to but actively oppose is untenable. While, for us, this is merely conjecture, there are many families where severing contact with the grandparents is in the best interests of the children. The problem is, in Indiana, the legislature wants to be able to overrule the parents.
Lucky for me, I live within driving distance of my family and most close friends, because the idea of flying with my kids – or worse yet, putting them on a plane by themselves – gives me the nervous sweats.
I know that’s the reality for plenty of families, though, and there are kids who are far, far more seasoned travelers than I’ll ever be. But even the most travel-savvy kid and cautious parent is no match for an incompetent airline.
Case in point: this story on Consumerist. Jonathan put his ten-year-old daughter on a plane in Boston to visit her grandparents in Cleveland. He paid the “unaccompanied minors” fee, which is supposed to guarantee that airline staff would look out for the girl until she was delivered safely into the hands of her waiting grandparents.
That didn’t happen. Continue reading »
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