[blparent] The maid wants to go on strike!

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

> Rebecca, what if the child does not care if his clothes are dirty? What if
> he is perfectly willing to go around in dirty clothes? I know it is summer
> time now, but my oldest son would go to school in dirty clothes. I have to
> have someone sighted go through his clothes occasionally and pull out 
> things
> with stains because he will just wear them that way.
>
Well, maybe he needs to miss opportunities he'd get if he dressed 
appropriately, being passed over for a date or a volunteer thing or a job.

There is a difference between clothes that stink and stains. I'm not clear 
which one you're dealing with.

Truthfully, I've taken to asking Stephen before we go anywhere if he has 
clothes on that aren't torn.  The last time I didn't ask, he wore a shirt 
that had one sleeve ripped off and jeans that looked like they'd been 
through a crocodile attack.  An older man from my church asked me privately 
if I needed money to get my kids decent clothes, which was totally 
embarrassing.  Seriously, the next week, the man and his wife brought a bag 
to me of stuff they'd bought at Target, for both Stephen and Sarah, as if I 
couldn't provide for them.

Jo Elizabeth