I committed a cardinal parenting sin. And I feel so guilty.

[kdmorris]

2. I was a single parent and struggling to keep up

when I missed my (now 21 year old) daughter's kindergarten graduation. The teacher sent home a flyer about it without making it clear to the children that it was important. My daughter mentioned that they were having a party, but when questioned, she wasn't sure why.

So I missed it and she came home and showed me her little graduation certificate. And I was really upset. She was NOT really upset. She seemed to think it was something kind of dumb and wasn't upset that I wasn't there.

I did tell the teacher that I was upset that she hadn't made it more clear to the children and parents what was going on. Throwing a flyer in a backpack and expecting a 5 year old to remember to give it to me was not cool.

Anyway, she most certainly doesn't remember it now and your daughter will understand, since you made such an effort to explain to her that you weren't there because you didn't know... not because you didn't care.