BARRY'S CORNER - LIVING IN ELKMONT

Okay parents...it is getting that time again. Every year I come to you on Facebook imploring you to take on your parental responsibility. Shake off your fears and put down the remote. Put away the iPhones, iPads and laptops and you gamers come in from chasing Pokemon. Sit down with that little soul you brought into this world. Take the bull by the horns and teach him/her to tie their shoes! Kids are learning geometry in kindergarten and falling in their lunch trays at lunch from tripping on their strings. The humanity of it all! 

You can do it! Or....you can buy those wonderful inventions that make teachers smile. Yes, I am talking about Velcro! Kind of the "stitch witchery" for tying challenged students. Few more days....Have a good one!

I saw him coming down the hall,
Keeping a pretty good pace,
And what was dragging 10 feet behind,
Yep...the dreaded shoe lace
I thought by now someone would see
The need for him to tie,
But here he is, laces dangling
As another year goes by,
Long shoe laces, tattered ends,
Wrapped around a neighbors toe,
If only his parents would step out of the box
And get him a pair with Velcro!
Teachers would smile, principals rejoice, bus drivers fist bump and yell
What a great day at school
When shoes are secure
And never a student fell!
Make my day, make my year, make all the weeks fly by,
Help us out...we are begging you!
Teach your kids to tie!