I couldn't agree more.
"For the ball, you could ask a freeper you trust to recommend a sitter."
I hear Scott Ritter volunteers his babysitting services for these affairs kinds of events.
It's in January and most likely will be freezing cold .. they aren't going to think it's educational .. they will just bitch and complain about the cold.
Then I'll get the pleasures of listening to my MIL getting on my case about them being in the cold all day and how they should be in school
Y'all are lucky not to having so many whinny liberals getting on your case about EVERYTHING and telling you every possible horrible story that happens to kids
Oh the stories I could tell you of what I have to put up with