West Words: End of summer break hard on parents

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West Words by Tom West – These are the times that try parents’ souls. The new school year beckons. They’ve almost survived the summer.

But they aren’t there yet.

When I was kid, my summer was set up this way:

The first two weeks after school let out were spent in vacation Bible school. After spending nine months cooped up in a classroom, the last thing I wanted to do — in early June no less — was spend another two weeks inside four walls. See more in Tom West’s West Words.