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Honestly, what makes you think we don't?  If you're on DCUM, you're a committed parent.

In my family, my wife would be in the school 2-3 days a week.  She was the class mom for 2 rooms, and organized all the holiday activities.  There were weeks when she was there 5 days a week, and around more of the student population that the teachers.

and I, the dad, coach 2 teams.  I'm out there, talking to the kids, who ar e breathing heavy from running.  I know its not exact comparison, but teachers keep suggesting that parents aren't doing their part, or willng to take the risks.  We are.  Hell, I'm taking more risks by being around 40 kids 4 days a week.

and if school opened back up, I know my wife would return to her regular duties in a heartbeat.  Because she knows how low the risk is, and how high the benefit is too the kids.

We need to show a little backbone.  We've become a nation of cowards.

God help us if we are ever faced with a real challenge or threat[/quote]

My mother, who survived World War II in Germany with Jewish ancestry, thinks this is a real challenge/threat. What do you know about real challenges/threats that she doesn't?[/quote]

You know, you and your mother are both right.  This is a real challenge; this is a real threat.  And we are completely failing to meeting the challenge.  The prior generations of Americans stood up and confronted the challenge.  We are cowering in fear over it.  In WWII, we saw the vulnerable and acted.  Today, we see the vulnerable, and say "its ok; they'll be fine if they miss a few years of education, and social & emotional development; the kids will be alright."

That's failure and cowardice.  We should all be ashamed of ourselves[/quote]

Although it's true the US has the highest death count int he world for its population because we misthandled this challenge, closing schools was one of the few things they did right.[/quote]

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