20. Your kids never tell you that you're a lot dumber than
their teacher.
19. If you can't find matching
socks for your child first thing in the morning, who cares?
18. Cleaning out the refrigerator can double as chemistry
lab.
17. Your kids have good reason to think they might get spanked
in school, but no reason to think they'll get beat up by a gang.
16. If the principal gives
the teacher a bad evaluation, she can stick her icy feet against
his legs at night.
15. You can post the
Ten Commandments on your school room wall and won't get sued.
14. You never have to drive your child's forgotten lunch to
school.
13.Your child will never go to their 20th high school reunion,
meet an old flame, and recklessly abandon their marriage.
12. You get to change more than diapers, you get to change
their minds.
11. If you get caught talking to yourself, you can claim you're
having a PTA meeting.
10. It's better to be slightly concerned about socialization
than very concerned about socialism.
9. Your child will never suffer the embarrassment of group
showers after PE.
8. The only debate about the school lunch program is whose
turn it is to cook.
7. You never have to face the dilemma of whether to take your
child's side or the teacher's side in a dispute at school.
6. If your child gets drugs at school, it's probably Tylenol.
5. The teacher gets to kiss the principal
in the faculty lounge and no one gossips.
4. Your kids recognize that this list is numerically in reverse
order.
3. Your honor student can actually read the bumper
sticker that you have on your car.
2. If your child claims that the dog
ate his homework, you can ask the dog.
1. Some day your children will consider you to be a miracle
working expert and will turn to you for advice.
