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RDANGELO

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36. These are the kids who grow up to be adults with no critical thinking skills
Thu Nov 29, 2018, 12:37 AM
Nov 2018

because thier parents solved all of thier problems. The future Kellyanne Conways

Helicopter parents? The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2018 #1
I ate lunch with my daughter once in the 3rd grade underpants Nov 2018 #2
That's right. Parents need to let their kids deal with the world. Enough of the silly helicoptering! LBM20 Nov 2018 #8
When my daughter was younger her school encouraged us to dine with them xmas74 Nov 2018 #29
Once a year is one thing. DAILY is another. NOT GOOD. Kids need to face life without parents. LBM20 Nov 2018 #38
Read the article. It talks about 6 or 7 parents in a lunchroom pnwmom Nov 2018 #44
Hmmmm, guess they had nothing better to do with their time? brush Nov 2018 #3
A book club? Garden club? Wine tasting? Volunteering? NurseJackie Nov 2018 #21
Yeah right? Wonder if their kids were as excited about the lunches as they were? brush Nov 2018 #24
It's a thing here in my community. MontanaMama Nov 2018 #4
Hoo boy. If my mother had tried to join me at a school lunch..... LisaM Nov 2018 #5
I ate lunch with my kids on Good Friday since I had it off exboyfil Nov 2018 #6
Good! Enough of this helicopter parenting. It is needless. Kids need to learn to deal with life! LBM20 Nov 2018 #7
In kindergarten? In first grade? In my elementary school, pnwmom Nov 2018 #45
Goodness! How are supposed to grow up? GulfCoast66 Nov 2018 #9
WOW! Lunch, really? SammyWinstonJack Nov 2018 #10
Thank god! BigmanPigman Nov 2018 #11
The median home value in Darien is almost $1.4 million NewJeffCT Nov 2018 #12
The reaction of the parents is pretty telling, too.... LisaM Nov 2018 #13
I asked on my town's Facebook page NewJeffCT Nov 2018 #14
Right, so they're approximately the same age... LisaM Nov 2018 #15
I can see your concept of Sandy Hook fear. Blue_true Nov 2018 #16
Of course, I didn't mean to imply it was unique. LisaM Nov 2018 #17
as I posted above NewJeffCT Nov 2018 #28
+1, first thing I thought to myself is do these people have regular jobs uponit7771 Nov 2018 #23
Here they have one day a parent/grandparent/special person day. blueinredohio Nov 2018 #18
CUT THE DAMN UMBILLICAL CORD, ALREADY. lindysalsagal Nov 2018 #19
My home town is right next to Darien. kskiska Nov 2018 #20
I'm confused by some of your responses NickB79 Nov 2018 #22
It sounds like a good thing that started to happen too much. aikoaiko Nov 2018 #25
The same day of the month for ALL the parents. Otherwise, nothing would change Demovictory9 Nov 2018 #32
I don't get that brand of parenting at all. Codeine Nov 2018 #26
Maybe they remember, as I do, walking home for lunch every day pnwmom Nov 2018 #35
I see a significant difference Codeine Nov 2018 #47
It should be an occasional event. RhodeIslandOne Nov 2018 #27
My God! This is a disaster for these poor parents. What can DU do to help them?? Some of them Cousin Dupree Nov 2018 #30
I'm not THAT old, but teenagebambam Nov 2018 #31
Me, too -- but every day. And it stopped when we moved to another town pnwmom Nov 2018 #34
kids aren't allowed to leave school during school day Demovictory9 Nov 2018 #37
That's not the point. The point is that in many towns and cities, pnwmom Nov 2018 #40
I ate lunch at home every day in elementary. I lived 2 blocks away pnwmom Nov 2018 #33
These are the kids who grow up to be adults with no critical thinking skills RDANGELO Nov 2018 #36
When I was in elementary school, the large majority pnwmom Nov 2018 #39
What I am talking about is people who never really grow up because they are coddled. RDANGELO Nov 2018 #41
Why is having a mother or father visit them at lunch sometimes pnwmom Nov 2018 #42
Ok, maybe you have a point. RDANGELO Nov 2018 #43
This is a Worlds Collide situation. betsuni Nov 2018 #46
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