Parents and school tours

Lindagaf
Wed, 10 Aug 2016 23:26:25 +0000

OP, what would you like us super-annoying parents to do while you walk around campus? Sit in the car? Twiddle our thumbs? Read boring magazines in the ad office and wait for you for at least an hour? Well, tough patooties. If I am forking out many thousands of dollars for your education, you can darn well be sure I am going to look around and see what MY money is getting my kid. If my kid doesn’t like it, that’s tough too.

And if I ask questions because my kid, or any kids for that matter don’t speak up (which, in my observstion, they most often do not), that is also tough, because frankly, I want to know, again, what my kid is going to get for MY money. And tough patooties too, if you don’t care what we parents think. OTOH, if my kid was paying for it all, I would keep quiet and not worry…Bwahahahaha! That’s a total lie, because my kid is ALWAYS going to be just about my #1 concern in life. I gave my kid life, and I care deeply about how my kid’s life is going to play out. That doesn’t mean that I am trying to control my kid’s life, but funnily enough, an awful lot of 18 year olds don’t really have a handle on living “independently” and being away from home. And again, if you don’t like it, tough patooties.

FYI, when my kid went back to revisit her top choice accepted colleges, she did all those visits on her own, because I didn’t want to influence her final decision. But even if I went with her, tough patooties. I am the parent, and until my child moves out of the home, pays all her own bills, and never needs cash from me again, I am still concerned about her and will be involved in the things I believe are important. I am guessing that most parents of college students feel that where their kid lives for four years is pretty important. Sheesh.