Suck-Up Parents
Creed's middle school had a Sock Hop Friday night. It was for parents only.
That's right. This is for parents who are so involved in their kids' schools that now they go dancing there on Friday nights and leave their kids at home.
I don't want to criticize the parents who went.
I just want to raise the question: Do the kids of ultra-involved parents get treated better in school because their parents buddy up to the teachers, volunteer at the school and otherwise create an obligation of be-nice-to-my-kid? And let me take it further: Aren't most of these moms the stay-at-home version? And, thus, we arrive at the conclusion: The children of working moms are discriminated against.
Is there a lobbyist I can hire to suck up to teachers for me and my children while I'm at work?
I noticed a while ago that the PTA meetings are in the morning during work hours, at 9 a.m. I think that speaks for itself.
I never realized that in order for my child to be treated fairly, I would have to become a PTA mom. And I regret that I can't. Well, regret might be too strong a word.
I could probably end these nuisance phone calls from Creed's teachers about him throwing a noodle or making jokes in class if I showed up on Saturday to plant begonias in the front lawn.
But why should I have to?
Unrelated strange Lily (5) comments this week: "Do you know how to play a guitar while you're driving?''
And while holding a golf ball: "I'm so nice to Daddy cuz I didn't throw this in his face.''
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