lori
just to add re your idea of me returning to teaching and this time working with older kids:
I have given this some thought but I would need a serious overhaul
ie. lose some weight, get my voice projecting louder with more authority, have much stricter boundaries, add Adam the Adult to my posse of inner selves. This guy would display commonsense in dealing with familiarity and boundaries with students. My fear would be that Llama Jack would take over and just want to relax with the kids by being a kid himself. Then the class gradually gets out of control with no adult present. Hence Adam the Adult would need to make his presence felt for sure, in fact stamp his authority over the others……maybe 🙂