We’re told it takes a village.
But many of us are raising kids far away from the people who raised us.
The village is not coming.
So we need something new and better: parents in our district, colleagues on our team, and people who share the stakes.
The old village was inherited.
The new village has to be built.
Search gives us options.
Reviews give us averages.
Feeds give us trends.
But what we really need is judgment.
From parents a little further down the road. Parents who know the trade-offs and have already made the call.