The Working Mom and Custody Issues

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The Working Mom and Custody Issues
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Mon, 11-30-2009 - 8:24pm

There was an article in this month's Working mother magazine about wrking mom's losing custody to SAHD's.

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Fri, 01-08-2010 - 11:13pm

<<??-Huh??>>


You aren't answering all

PumpkinAngel

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Fri, 01-08-2010 - 11:14pm

But I don't see anyone doing that in this debate....well based on actual things stated and not fiction.


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Fri, 01-08-2010 - 11:16pm

Oh, for pete's sake. I specifically said kids could leave the room, teachers could leave the room, but somebody is checking on them, somebody knows they're there. I'm not talking about your idea of direct constant supervision! I've said this a million times.

I'm not going to get into another pointless debate where you nitpick what has been said in previous posts, nor am I going to continue to answer questions about my dd's school. If there's anything else to discuss, let me know.

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Fri, 01-08-2010 - 11:17pm

The kids can move around, go back and forth to the concession stand, socialize, but they can't run, and they can't loiter in walkways and on stairways.

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Fri, 01-08-2010 - 11:25pm

<<So he was going to a h.s. varsity game but he does not go to h.s., correct? How was he getting there?>>


As I have said many times in this thread before, he stays after school watching the earlier games and then I'm assuming (big leap here) that he stays in the gym or goes back into the gym

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Fri, 01-08-2010 - 11:27pm

How many kids are in the most kids?


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Fri, 01-08-2010 - 11:28pm
It sounds like a good way to do it, if the resources are available. I'm not particularly troubled by our HS not doing it that way, because dh has a child in the band and that's the reason we are at the game in the first place. If all the kids keep playing their instruments, we will have 10 straight years of watching HS football games because we have a kid in the band. Any of the other kids can come with us, but we can supervise since we are there.

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Fri, 01-08-2010 - 11:29pm
I think public schools have security guards to prevent security problems, not necessarily because they have them. All schools for older kids, public or private, have discipline issues, drug/alcohol issues, etc. come up. I expect you're right that private schools are more complacent because of their ability to be selective in choosing students and expelling them. Around here, private schools tend to be in tonier neighborhoods as well, so fewer worries about unwanted visitors. I have no idea whether they have them in the suburbs here, but in our district, all middle and high schools have security. For me, it's a positive.
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Fri, 01-08-2010 - 11:30pm

<<Of course, did I say otherwise?>>


So then can you answer your own questions about assuming that the child is doing the right thing and going where they are supposed to go?


Here they are:

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Fri, 01-08-2010 - 11:31pm

Like a prison?

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