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- Sep 5, 2019
First, I don’t know why everyone is taking Kayla’s letter at face value. Think about it — but don’t overthink it.
A lot of kids don’t even have bedtimes anymore because they have practice or games right after school (and a lot of road time if it’s an away game), only to have to come home and jam on homework until they fall asleep. The booster club used to give us bagged sandwiches and chips for those away game nights, but yeah by 11PM you’d be hungry again.
What Kayla failed to mention in her letter is that by 11PM, Nick has only been awake for a few hours and is still in the middle of his Melton MAP chat shift. He’s probably eating his “breakfast” around 11PM and may as well make enough for him and the oldest.
Most kids can rustle up their own meal unaided and I think we have to give the kid the benefit of the doubt. Remember how we (I) found those old FB comments where Kayla and Bob discussed how they’d left this child, then younger than 10, in charge of his three younger siblings for several hours while Kayla and Nick went hiking? The boy can feed himself.
TL;DR His mom is a drug addict liar like his father and they’ve always been willing to use their kids as ammo to get what they want. This letter is no different.
A lot of kids don’t even have bedtimes anymore because they have practice or games right after school (and a lot of road time if it’s an away game), only to have to come home and jam on homework until they fall asleep. The booster club used to give us bagged sandwiches and chips for those away game nights, but yeah by 11PM you’d be hungry again.
What Kayla failed to mention in her letter is that by 11PM, Nick has only been awake for a few hours and is still in the middle of his Melton MAP chat shift. He’s probably eating his “breakfast” around 11PM and may as well make enough for him and the oldest.
Most kids can rustle up their own meal unaided and I think we have to give the kid the benefit of the doubt. Remember how we (I) found those old FB comments where Kayla and Bob discussed how they’d left this child, then younger than 10, in charge of his three younger siblings for several hours while Kayla and Nick went hiking? The boy can feed himself.
TL;DR His mom is a drug addict liar like his father and they’ve always been willing to use their kids as ammo to get what they want. This letter is no different.