Back-to-school season hits different when you are a parent. The backpack, the shoes, the lunchbox, the haircut, the clothes that will be outgrown by November, and then the list. The dreaded, laminated, color-coded list of supplies that arrives before the school year even starts. Glue sticks. Colored pencils. Dry-erase markers. Folders. Rulers. Hand sanitizer. The list goes on and somehow gets longer every year.
Most parents grit their teeth and buy it all anyway. But one mom drew the line when she opened her son’s grade report and found something that had absolutely nothing to do with his education.
