Dear LFTP: the meddling grandmother and the texting teacher
- Should I worry that my grandson's teacher texts during class?
A grandmother writes that her sixth great-grandson sits in a 2.5-hour social-studies class while the teacher texts at least six times, and wonders when other parents will rise up. The hosts call it high-class meddling — the kid is playing her (this conversation only happens with bad grades), no sixth-grade class runs 2.5 hours, and expecting a parent revolution reveals an inflated sense of self. The Secular answer says ask the other parents — noting the principal loves a furious-parent mob. A host whose wife works in a school office notes the texts may be the office checking attendance. Closing vent about parents using school as daycare, then tearing into underpaid teachers.
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Dear LFTP: Champ the untrained dog and holding boundaries with your son
- How do I handle my son bringing his untrained dog Champ on our weekend grandson visits?
Mike reads the second letter: the writer hosts weekend grandson visits where her son Dennis brings Champ, an untrained destructive puppy that runs wild, barks, and digs.
From No. 586 · Nothing Personal
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Dear LFTP: wife mocks husband's bladder problem in public
- How should I respond when my wife mocks me and my bladder problem in public?
Mike reads a letter from a man married three years whose wife calls him vulgar names in public and makes his bladder-control problem into comedy.
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Dear LFTP: the birthday invitations
- Should parents be allowed to send birthday invitations to school when only select students are invited?
Mike reads the second letter: the parent of a special-needs pre-K child saw a Facebook group post exposing that her daughter was excluded from a birthday party.
From No. 574 · Starring Ted Danson as Joab
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Dear LFTP: Cindy's baby name ideas
- What should I do about my friend's terrible baby name choices?
Mike reads a letter from Dave about his longtime friend Cindy, six months pregnant, who keeps proposing names like chlamydia, bidet, chalet, and cliche because they sound pretty regardless of meaning.