If we skip graduation, will we regret it?

SBmom
Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:43:12 +0000

Weenie, if the KID wants to skip it, how could he resent the parent for not going?

I skipped my HS graduation because I went to a huge school and had the same thought: hot, boring, impersonal-- & I was already WAY OVER that place. On to the next.

Plus, no disrespect, but it did not feel like that big of an accomplishment to graduate! Let’s face it, dopes graduated. Maybe in 1900 finishing HS was a huge accomplishment, but to me it seemed like a no-brainer, a given. (Had I been the first in my family to finish HS I would probably have very felt differently though.)

I had a great time at my college graduation and my parents came to it. It felt much more meaningful. (Might I add, it was the first time they’d set foot on the campus. No helicopter parents they!)

My D skipped her HS graduation (Also huge, hot, impersonal) because of a special unforseen family event that conflicted. She thought it over for about 10 minutes.

No regrets for either of us.