By Nettie H. Francis
My child should be in A.P. Primary,” the mother said, looking at me seriously. As the primary president, I had just informed her that her daughter’s January birthday would hold her back from the Sunbeam class for another year. “But she just barely misses the deadline by 14 days, and she already sings all of the primary songs,” the mother insisted. “It would be unfair to make her attend nursery for another year.”

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By Nettie H. Francis

I am NOT a politically correct mother. I discriminate based on age and gender, and whether or not you’ve finished your homework. (For example, those who have may go out and play.) I insist that girls wear dresses and boys wear ties to special occasions. I teach my girls to cook and sew, and my boys to dig ditches and mow lawns.

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