Thu, Nov 26 2009
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Mike Pound: Grade-school Halloween parties can get wild ... in their own way In other words, the kids are always a little anxious.
Of course, at my daughter Emma’s school, all the kids are well-mannered. They have been taught to respect their classmates, their teachers and the adults who visit their school. Because the kids at Emma’s school are well-mannered, we usually are able to avoid a full-scale riot during their Halloween party. Mainly what happens, if the kids start to get out of line, is that Principal Laurel Rosenthal will get on the intercom and threaten to cancel the entire Halloween holiday. She can’t really do that, of course, but the kids don’t know that. My wife and several of the other mothers of kids in Emma’s class organize the Halloween party. They plan the games, they cook the food, and they bring extra decorations. I carry things. And not just certain things. Nope, I carry anything my wife and her friends tell me to carry. I don’t ask questions. I don’t complain (OK, I complain a little). I just carry. It’s not a lot of fun. And it’s not the way I really want to spend my Halloween. But I really don’t have a choice. If I don’t carry things for my wife and her friends, my wife will get mad at me. I mean, she’s no Hillary, but she’s pretty scary. 
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