A frightening incident!

Earlier today I was reading a book that my son had made in preschool when I discovered, much to my dismay, that part of it was constructed with a brad! Needless to say the book was promptly destroyed and an investigation was launched into how my son got his hands on a brad. We had screened our preschool teachers carefully and had made our objections to the use of brads a matter of record, so we were unsure why they chose to introduce our children to such an evil device. What we found should raise warning flags for everyone, and should inspire renewed vigilance against these tools of evil.

As it turns out, my son's preschool teacher was very busy last week and had asked her sister to assist her. Her sister, apparently unaware of how dangerous brads are, brought some crafts to keep the kids busy. We have reprimanded the teacher for trusting her sister's lesson plans. We have also made it clear that if there is another "mistake" we will take our son elsewhere, but it just goes to show that no matter what we do we cannot prevent our children from coming into contact with brads, and that the best thing to do is to teach them from an early age what to do if they encounter one.

We beg all of you who have contact with young, impressionable children to please take the time to talk to your children about brads before they are exposed. Nobody wants to have a brad addict in the family, and your actions now could prevent grief later!