Are schools fair to working parents?
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Are schools fair to working parents?
| Fri, 03-16-2012 - 2:38pm |
I said parents because I think that working dads miss out even more than the moms do when it comes to school activites.
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University of Maryland has entire degree programs that are online.
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It would be impossible to schedule all school-related activities and events in a way that *every parent* could attend and/or participate.
<< feel bad that I have to pick and choose what I can attend.>.
Get used to it. That's what parenting is all about. Now that I have a 15yo and an 11yo, work FT, have a social life, have volunteer duties, a household to take care of, an exercise routine, and extended family, pets, etc, my life is all about picking and choosing.
And, imo, many school activities really arent' that big of a deal - to the kid or the parents. Is my child going to be scarred if I don't see him walk on the stage to get his "I attended Physical Fitness Day" certificate? Is he going to care that I wasn't one of the 5% of parents that came to the classroom to read on Dr. Seuss day?
In the grand scheme of things, this is barely a blip on my radar. I'll do what I need to do to be active adn involved in my kids' life. The school's schedule isn't going to determine that for me.
I totally agree.
I'm going to have to agree with you on this subject. My dd is in Kindergarten this year and there have been IMO, TOO many activities. It seems like every month there are 2-3 events that they are requesting parents to be at. Just like yesterday, the first day back from school, they have a Boosterthon Fun Run that they ask parents to be at to cheer the kids on. Thankfully my mom was able to go in mine and my ExH's place, but I just felt bad missing out on that.
Yes like other posters have said, we can't make them all. I just feel gulity when I can't make it and my ExH can't make it.
This is exactly where online classes come into play, stretching the limited experiences, ime.
I don't think it's just naivete.
We need to set up realistic expectations with our children.
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