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I took a blogging holiday this evening as I performed my fatherly duty escorting my daughter to “Sports and Activities Night” at the high school she will start next fall. The schools motto of “Get Involved” smelled a little too much like propaganda to my jaded nostrils, but I have to say the North Shore schools today are lightyears ahead of the educational galaxy I knew in Chicago thirty years ago. Quick chats with other parents, a loose association glued by the bonds our children have formed, has got me thinking. As I watch the world spin apart, I still can’t help thinking that America today is a better place for our kids than it used to be.

Yeah, I know I’m looking through tunnelvision at an affluent school in a predominantly white district, but the changes I see are growing. The most important changes are those of thought. Parents expect more from their kids; kids expect more from their parents, and if real love is there, everyone rises to the challenge. In this way the world has gotten better for all involved.

Lets hope it’s enough.