daycare as dog park

The other morning I had a fun conversation with one of the other fathers at daycare. After making small talk for a few weeks, I realized that we had never actually told each other our names. So I did, and Paul, the other daddy, did as well, but with much apologizing. I told him not to sweat it, because daycare is basically like a dog park with kids.

See, at a dog park, you never actually get the owner's names, just the dogs. And you learn the dogs names quickly, because the owners are always shouting things like, "Sadie, no! Sadie, come here! Sadie! Sadie!" and "SADIE!" Similar things happen at daycare.

And there you have it.