NANA SAYS HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN STRIKE ACTION TO YOUR CHILD?

As the teachers' rotating one day strike arrives in York Region- the area above Toronto- Thursday Day 13, the dilemma is explaining to a child that the teachers will not be working. Little children may only see the teachers are angry with them. Parents who have been scrambling to find day care or needing to take a cherished vacation day to stay home to be with their children can not help but be annoyed. Children feel the annoyance and want to love Mommy and Daddy and like their teacher. There is really little sympathy for the strike from the community of parents! Will teachers with their own children need to take them on the picket line? Strike action of any kind always leaves bad feelings for time to come. Having lived through TTC strikes in Toronto, especially the summer of 1974- 3 weeks- ridership was down. The working to rule has stopped many needed activities at the schools. High School students needing sports' activities to be scouted by college and universities may miss out on much needed scholarships. So what to tell our children! How to keep the conversation fair is not easy! Parents have a tough job in explaining! Honestly, I do not have any answers. Grandparents throughout the region are available tomorrow to help their working children!