<p>Why guess at the motivation for the question at all – let alone imagine that something bad for the kid or the parent is in the offing? I understand curiosity, and concern for kids who may be browbeaten by a parent, but the animus here smells like something else. Again, I apologize if I insulted your parenting in asking how boarding parents get access to things that you never thought to ask for. No that I have read more posts and threads on CC that bemoan the criticism boarding parents get from others, I know I should have guessed that the reaction to my question would be hostile. I’ve apologized. If you expect me – or any parent reading this thread – to post the facts that prompted the question, I am sorry to disappoint. Call me mad helicopter mama or whatever else you want, but why? Would like to see parents put the kid’s business in this public street, where despite the pseudonyms, readers can put two and two together? That sure would not be good for the kids, edifying as it might be for us parents.</p>