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Originally Posted by jkat I'm sorry to hear about your upbringing. Parents should not behave like that. I guess that's why you feel so strongly about parental involvement.
For me, my mom has always pushed me to think and to look for solutions myself. Sure, I'd always tell her what's bugging me and she'd offer me advice and her opinions. She'd encourage me to take steps, provided, that's what I wanted to do. Because of the way she brought me up, I'm very confident with what I do.
We had a family friend who's constantly worried about her son. She'd shelter him from anything and everything. He grew up with a bad immune system, can't handle a slight cold. I remember whenever he had problems at school, confrontation with someone, his mom ALWAYS stepped in. His gap between his peers became even wider. He had and has no friends.
Apparantly, my opinions of child-rearing are very different from everyone elses' on here. But, that's just the way I was raised and I believe my mom did a terrific job on both my brother and I. |
I'm sure your Mom did a great job with you and your brother. I have five children, and when something happens, they know I am here for them if they need my help. But I have to tell you, if someone was going to mess up my childs Scholarships I would be the first to step in, and no one could stop me.
This Coach is so wrong, and it sounds to me more like a power play than anything else. I have alot of friends who are Teachers, and I worked at an Elementary school for 14 years, So I know all the problems with parents. Students can and will step up and fix things on their own. But like I said this is Scholarships, and I would make sure it's fixed ASAP,
this is Baseball season, and one missed game, can make one messed up future.
I wish all the Seniors the best of luck, as this is their time to shine, and no one should take it away from them.
