I was talking to a teacher who was helping the kids move safely through the school’s carpool line. While we both watched in amazement, an impatient father pulled into the line and his son hopped out, racing across two lanes of traffic to the sidewalk. The teacher marched right up to the car and rightfully berated the father for letting his kid run through the parking lot.
“It’s an emergency,” the man pleaded. “Just this one time. I promise I’ll never do it again.”
The teacher directed him to the parking area across the street the next time he needed to quickly let his kid out. The man nodded, did an awkward U-turn in the school parking lot, and drove off.
Shaking her head at the man’s carelessness, the teacher turned to me. “I’ve found that the kids who don’t follow the rules usually have parents who don’t follow the rules,” she said.
How true.