Actually, since my kids have been in school, there's a lot of bullshit attempts to pseudo-lefty brainwashing by their teachers that I've had to counterpunch with facts and the truth. One of these propagandaish moments had to do with the very subject we're discussing.

It does not help that it has been an incredibly warm winter. That is actually more unnerving to him because it makes real the abstract concept of global warming. I spent a good part of the week allaying his fear of imminent flooding doom. So when I woke up this morning, first thing I pointed out to him was that the process of polar melting is going to take a while.

So he looked at me and paused and said, "Mommy, I guess you're right".

And people wonder why I am so resentful of having my kids in school ... for all intents and purposes, I'm still homeschooling!