There were also no daycare centers in my city, Worcester, Massachusetts, for children under 3, so I had no place to put my son while working an office job, even if I could have afforded it.

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But while I believe my son knows not to communicate with "strangers, " the way he's exposing his life in cyberspace is making me tense.

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He recommended we thump the taps, so while my husband and I went upstairs to try this, my three-year-old son ran for a pee into the marble-clad bathroom whose door opens directly onto the shower floor.

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While my son was instructed by the committee not to "discuss this matter" with any potential witnesses, these witnesses against him were not identified to him, nor was he allowed to confront or question either them or his accuser.

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While I was writing this post, my son's school rang to ask where my son was.

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While waiting for the architect to arrive with his digital presentation, I thought about my son who had dropped by the house earlier in the afternoon to tell me about his new Google TV and NetFlix.

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