Several years ago when Ella was still in elementary school, I picked her up after school to find her distraught. She’d had a tough day. At one point, she had called because she forgot a pair of socks for gym class, and I was out of town, so I don’t know what she ended up doing. Did she go sockless? Borrow a pair from a friend? I have no idea. On top of that, she had forgotten an assignment ...