Drama Queen For A Day

We asked readers to share their rottenest-day-as-a-parent stories with us, and now, after much e-mail outpouring of woe and calamity, we want to share their stories with you.

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Jul 2, 1997 | We asked for it.We asked readers to share their rottenest-day-as-a-parent stories with us, and now, after much e-mail outpouring of woe and calamity, we want to share their stories with you. We've chosen three contestants as finalists for the title of Drama Queen For a Day. You be the judge of which has the baddest Bad Day Story of them all. Register your vote no later than 6 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, July 9. The winner will be announced Friday, July 11, and will be treated to a free housecleaning session, courtesy of Merry Maids and Mothers Who Think.

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