+ In the sun-dappled Norman Rockwell vision of America, the concept of in loco parentis might be best embodied by a freckled kid handing a teacher a note from home. "I can't be at school with my child," the letter might read, "so please take care of him. If he gets stung by a bee, here's the medication to give him. Don't make him eat onions at lunch, since he has a food allergy. I give over my authority to you. Please do for him as I would do."
After a fashion, that was also the nature of the letter that...
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