Over the past few decades, a familiar mantra of those trying to expand government via the avenue of new programs and bureaucracies was the catchphrase, "it's for the children." Wisconsin unions may use that claim as well, but many little darlings and their parents were adversely affected by the labor strife in Madison when area school districts closed because teachers called in "sick." Teachers played the role even to the point of receiving phony doctor's excuses for stress-induced illnesses onsite.