Very few things warm the deep, dark recesses of a parental heart more than finding out there is another kid with worse behavior than yours. Yes, parents are that shallow. We have to be. It’s a defense thing. Anyway, today I found that child that is worse—much worse—than mine. It almost brought a tear to my eye, I was so happy.
It seems that 5-year old Jack Burt of somewhere near Darwin Australia was a handful on the bus. In fact he got kicked off it for, among other things, hitting the driver in the head with an apple. Charming child, that Jack. Anyway, his dad decided to teach him a lesson. So, while Jack was on school suspension for 5 days, daddy had Jack walk the 2.5 hour, 7-mile trek to school and back each day. Now if you ask me, that’s a hardcore dad.
Unfortunately, Jack seems to have inherited his dad’s hardcore tendencies. When Jack’s 5 days were over, he boarded the bus and was kicked off three stops later. For fighting.
Bad for Jack. But good for me. My kid’s never been kicked off the bus. Of course, he’s never ridden the bus either.