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re: Are more parents going to schools during lunch to spend time w/ their kids?
Posted on 1/26/17 at 4:49 pm to SuperSaint
Posted on 1/26/17 at 4:49 pm to SuperSaint
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You would think Michelle obama's new diet standards
You mean the one that made pizza a vegetable
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Posted on 1/26/17 at 4:49 pm to beej
My mom and dad didn't even go to those. They had jobs.
We eat dinner every night with our son, and every breakfast and lunch on the weekend.We'll continue breakfast and dinner when he starts school and continue lunch on weekends. We won't need to eat with him at school.
We eat dinner every night with our son, and every breakfast and lunch on the weekend.We'll continue breakfast and dinner when he starts school and continue lunch on weekends. We won't need to eat with him at school.
This post was edited on 1/26/17 at 4:51 pm
Posted on 1/26/17 at 4:50 pm to SuperSaint
There's a lot of muscle under The fat rolls.
Posted on 1/26/17 at 4:59 pm to beej
I have lunch with my daughter at school sometimes. When you have been out of the country on deployments and such, you learn to cherish the time that you get to spend with your kids. Through her nine years, I've spent a large chunk of it away. Shes deserves lunch with Dad. Think before talking down to others for loving their kids.
Posted on 1/26/17 at 5:00 pm to beej
Damn that's terrible 
Posted on 1/26/17 at 5:00 pm to beej
I went maybe one time with each of my boys ... they specifically asked me to go. I remember one for sure was in kindergarten and he was the "new kid" as we had moved so I went. Never asked me again, never went again with him.
The second son I went once but again it was he who asked me to go. And it didn't happen again.
Now #3 is a girl and her birthday is Valentine's Day (not my choice) and from K until I guess 3rd or 4th grade she'd ASK me to go if her birthday was on a school day. I wasn't going to tell her no on that day. She asked other times and sometimes I did and sometimes I didn't -- and she wasn't bothered when I didn't.
Shame on anyone for trying to make someone feel bad/question them about silly things like that.
The second son I went once but again it was he who asked me to go. And it didn't happen again.
Now #3 is a girl and her birthday is Valentine's Day (not my choice) and from K until I guess 3rd or 4th grade she'd ASK me to go if her birthday was on a school day. I wasn't going to tell her no on that day. She asked other times and sometimes I did and sometimes I didn't -- and she wasn't bothered when I didn't.
Shame on anyone for trying to make someone feel bad/question them about silly things like that.
Posted on 1/26/17 at 5:15 pm to beej
As a divorced parent I do it every chance I get. My kids love it when I come to eat with them.
Posted on 1/26/17 at 5:59 pm to beej
quote:
my tired knee jerk reaction was "because I don't want to give other kids a reason to beat my kids up.....?"
I was asked to leave the meeting.
Posted on 1/26/17 at 6:36 pm to dmjones
quote:They must have been super poor to never have a weekday off for any reason that would also afford them that opportunity.
My mom and dad didn't even go to those. They had jobs.
Bummer.
Some people are so naive
Posted on 1/26/17 at 6:37 pm to Chief Rocka
quote:According to the 1 dude on this page, you should get a job!!!!
I have lunch with my daughter at school sometimes. When you have been out of the country on deployments and such, you learn to cherish the time that you get to spend with your kids. Through her nine years, I've spent a large chunk of it away. Shes deserves lunch with Dad. Think before talking down to others for loving their kids
Posted on 1/26/17 at 6:38 pm to beej
I'm 25 and when I was in elementary school this wasn't considered weird. It wasn't common, but maybe 3 times throughout k-5 my mom or dad came and ate lunch with me. Seemed like everybody had a parent come for lunch at least once. Once in middle school it would've been weird for sure, but in elementary school if a kid knew their parent was coming for lunch that day they would be pretty excited and hyped up. Your friends sitting at your table usually had a good time when somebody else's parents was there too. Definitely wasn't a thing anybody got made fun of over. But then again, I grew up in a nice community where people had good parents that they actually liked and looked up to, but maybe it's different in your trailer park.
For kids ages 5-10 I really don't see the stigma
For kids ages 5-10 I really don't see the stigma
Posted on 1/26/17 at 6:42 pm to beej
Seems to me you showed a lot of restraint, I would've gone scorched earth in my response, given your circumstances.
Posted on 1/26/17 at 6:42 pm to BowlJackson
quote:This. Has the OP ever replied to say what age range he's talking about?
Once in middle school it would've been weird for sure, but in elementary school if a kid knew their parent was coming for lunch that day they would be pretty excited and hyped up. Your friends sitting at your table usually had a good time when somebody else's parents was there too. Definitely wasn't a thing anybody got made fun of over. But then again, I grew up in a nice community where people had good parents that they actually liked and looked up to,
Posted on 1/26/17 at 6:56 pm to TigerNlc
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I wouldn't want random adults around my kids at school.
I mean, a classmates parent isn't really that "random". And it's not like they wander around the school wherever talking to any kid. They usually make a parent sign in and are told to go straight to the lunchroom and leave straight after.
The only children the parent would really be around or speak to would be your kids friends sitting at the table with them, so there's a good chance you and your kid both already know this adult.
Also the types of parents who show up for lunch are generally the same parents who would chaperone on field trips or volunteer for other classroom stuff. Not the young twenty-something sketchy druggie parents with split custody.
If you can't trust your kids school to keep them safe from another kids parent in a lunchroom filled with people then it sounds like you need to move.
Posted on 1/26/17 at 6:59 pm to BowlJackson
We have to take a class and get a background check to do anything on campus even as a parent
Posted on 1/26/17 at 8:34 pm to shel311
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They must have been super poor to never have a weekday off for any reason that would also afford them that opportunity.
Bummer.
Some people are so naive
Mom was an RN. Dad worked for the city of Columbus, OH as an attorney. Not poor. They taught me to focus on my education and never had to worry about me. I was just relaying my experience.
Posted on 1/26/17 at 8:44 pm to dmjones
How the hell is a kid supposed to sneak off for a smoke or dip of skoal if his parents are hanging around the school?
Posted on 1/26/17 at 8:54 pm to dmjones
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Mom was an RN. Dad worked for the city of Columbus, OH as an attorney. Not poor.
So maybe you weren't poor but nurses and public defenders aren't exactly lighting the world on fire with their paychecks
Posted on 1/26/17 at 9:03 pm to beej
I went to eat lunch with my 8 yr old daughter on Monday of this week. The reason I did this is she asked me to.
Posted on 1/26/17 at 9:05 pm to beej
frick look at the god damn car pick up lines no one rides a bus anymore?
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