Author: Sarah Gay
Sarah Gay is entering her eleventh year of teaching in public schools. In addition to her most important role as mother to three elementary-aged children, she is a teacher of gifted readers in grades 3-8 and an adjunct professor in USM’s Extended Teacher Education Program.
Last Fall, I shared some of the challenges of parenting a medically high-risk child in hopes that our story would provide a personal connection for anyone still undecided on the matter of mandating vaccines — and more broadly, public health decisions — for public school students. In the weeks following that publication, I had raw,…
Every day as a parent is filled with countless choices that can result almost instantly in either joy or tragedy. Do I let my kid bike to a friend’s house, or do I give them a ride? Do I pack fruit snacks they will definitely eat for lunch, or cucumber slices they may ignore? Do…