<p>Okay, guys – here’s your morning’s laugh. (Saw this article and thought of you all and just HAD to post it . . )</p>
<p>[Bring</a> Your Mother to Work Day a Burden for Helicopter Kids - Con Chapman - Open Salon](<a href=“http://open.salon.com/blog/con_chapman/2012/01/09/bring_your_mother_to_work_day_a_burden_for_helicopter_kids]Bring”>http://open.salon.com/blog/con_chapman/2012/01/09/bring_your_mother_to_work_day_a_burden_for_helicopter_kids)</p>
<p>Is it April Fool’s Day or something? This cannot be for real!</p>
<p>a good morning laugh…</p>
<p>fishymom, I think it’s safe to say this is satire.</p>
<p>Hilarious! I’s funny because I can think of a couple of parents I know who would be all over a program like this!</p>
<p>I love the statement about “baby boomers who never got over their sense of entitlement.” Baby boomers have always been a dime a dozen. One hopes that the author was just squeezing in as many cliches as possible. I’ll have to go back and see if s/he managed to work in “demonize,” one of my favorites.</p>
<p>This is satire but not so far from the truth (like all good satire). I remember reading an article several years ago about certain companies (Goldman Sachs was one) that were accommodating parents who were coming to interviews with their children. I remember thinking at the time if a parent showed up with someone I was interviewing, there wouldn’t be a chance in **** that I would hire that kid.</p>
<p>^^^^^^^Ditto.</p>
<p>I read that article, too. What is wrong with these parents?</p>
<p>Inthebiz, I remember hearing several years ago that prospective employers were sending communications to new college hires as well as their parents. I thought the same thing as you at the time.</p>
<p>Happykid had better take us to work with her on occasion! Especially if she makes it to Broadway, in which case I fully expect back-stage tours and my own permanently reserved box seat.</p>
<p>I think for some parents, they’ve been hovering for so long they don’t even realize they are doing it. I’ve not seen any parents come up to our office and sit in the lobby waiting for their kids interview, but I’ve heard of them calling when their kids didn’t get the job asking why their kid wasn’t hired, was there something wrong with their appearance, interview skills, resume, etc.</p>
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<p>I don’t hire people, but I would refuse to speak to the parent of an adult whom I had interviewed for a job. I might phrase it in terms of privacy concerns or company policy, but in my mind, I know I’d be thinking “WTH?!?!?!”</p>
<p>This is a serious question.
My daughter who is in a grad program is also considered full time staff at a K-8 private school. This is her 2nd year team teaching. She lives in another state & I see her rarely, I would love to be able to visit her at her school ( possibly on a day when they needed extra hands for a field trip or outdoor activity).
I realize that this column was humorous, but would it really be so weird to visit?</p>
<p>No, kity, that would not be weird at all.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t ever have this dilemma. As a nurse, you can’t just bring anyone into the facility who is not there for a specific purpose which relates to patient care. She could have lunch with me in the break room, I guess, but that wouldn’t really be very enlightening for her as it relates to understanding what a normal day is like for me.</p>
<p>My daughters school is a lot like where she attended elementary school.
They had grandparents day & they also had parents help a lot in the classroom. ( at her school)
I have background in horticulture & am thinking of doing something so I could help with a lesson. ( they have 21 acres & I could bring native plants for them to plant if they were interested)</p>
<p>But if not, I don’t expect it would be a problem for me to get shown around after school.</p>
<p>Nrdsb4, we do refer all applicants (or their parents) to HR. We don’t answer any questions for them in this office. It does raise a red flag when parents call. We did have one father insist on coming to the office to “negotiate” the salary offered his kid. That request was also shot down. That actually should have been a clue, his kid had a very difficult time adjusting and ended up leaving before her probationary period was completed.</p>
<p>S is an RA and he has told us some doozies about parents. I remember one semester a resident gave their parent my S’s cellphone number. S asked parent to not call him on his cell but parent pulled the “respect your elders” schpiel. It seems every semester during the check-in process at least one parent will pull an RA aside and ask that if there are any problems with their kid, to call the parent before they get the kid into trouble by notifying housing of any issues. One of S’s RA buddies was offered cash if parents were called first. It’s crazy what some parents will do. I told S he needed to write a book about some of the stunts that are pulled by parents and their kids. </p>
<p>“My Dad always filled up my car with gas, but I can’t get the lid open on my gas tank.”</p>
<p>“Is there a difference between liquid dishwashing soap and laundry soap?”</p>
<p>“Can I use Pine Sol in the washing machine?”</p>
<p>“You have to put money in the washer and dryer? It’s not a package deal?”</p>
<p>“My roommates Mom is here every weekend changing the sheets and doing laundry. Including mine. I’d rather she not touch my underwear, that’s just creepy.”</p>
<p>“Do RA’s also valet?”</p>
<p>clearly satire…none of those NYC employers are real!</p>
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We got to tour SIL’s neo-natal intensive care unit a couple of times. H nearly passed out.</p>