Why is it that every one of us parents hated going to Sunday school (whether it be Hebrew school, CCD, or otherwise) when we were kids and yet we all insist on putting our own kids through the same torture? what is it that makes us want to subject them to waking up early on their much cherished Sunday and schlep all the way to church/temple/synagogue basement/whatever to listen to some bearded old man or an old lady with support hose babble on and on for hours about some useless bit of ancient history. Although I don’t know why we do it…I do know that each and every one of us does it.

Our kids get up and go and we drive them and everyone complains throughout the early morning drive and yet, everyone goes along with the program. Are we brainwashed? Is it in our genes? Instinct? Learned helplessness? What is it?