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I am a below knee amputee. More importantly, I am also Mommy to two boys, a very active 10 year old (Robby) and an mischievous toddler (Timmy). I have learned that being a parent with a disability can create some unusual and sometimes humorous situations. This blogger is available for hire! Let's talk and learn how a blog can expand your business.

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Debate Trainwreck

Robby was encouraged to watch the Presidential Debate by his history teacher. He is a smart kid who is pretty plugged into the issues, so I agreed to allow him to watch. In order to set expectations, we spent our dinner talking about debate rules and the role of each candidate and the moderator. Needless to say, that was a wasted conversation!

Last night we grabbed a cupcake (our special television watching treat) and settled onto the couch to watch the debate. Robby was expecting to see the orderly exchange of ideas and ideologies. What he ended up seeing was little more than a playground scuffle. It was a disgrace.

When the debate was over, neither Robby nor I spoke for several minutes. We both just sat on the couch, silently staring at the television trying to comprehend what we just witnessed. Robby was the first to break the silence. "Well, that was a loud train wreck."

Yep, it was. An absolute train wreck. Last night was the textbook example of what happens when rules are disregarded. Louder does not equate smarter and insults do not indicate a stronger vocabulary. Those are the takeaways from Robby's first Presidential debate.

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