Since Lena started high school I have been to more meetings, received more emails, and spent more time at her high school campus then I ever spent at her elementary school or middle school. So my question today is WTH??!!! I am so confused!
As I try to explain to my kids, in high school for both me and my husband, we were responsible for getting ourselves to school, doing our homework, and keeping up with our schedules. There was no one there to remind, drive, or micromanage us. We both did what we did because it was important to us.
But here I am, sitting in yet another parent meeting hearing these parents talk about how we are going to plan and arrange to feed our kids because they will be at a football game from 4-8pm and we HAVE to arrange that for them. WHAT??!!! Why can't they just feed themselves?
Don't get me wrong, I love my daughter, I am here to support her, and I love spending time with her. But she's in high school now. It's time for me to start giving her more freedom and let her go and start experiencing this life for herself. Of course it is a gradual process. I loosen the strings and see how she does before deciding how much freedom I give her. If it doesn't go well, then I reevaluate. That's how I understand adolescence to be. But how can I do this when I am surrounded by parents who aren't doing the same?
So, tonight is Lena's high school open house which she says her teachers "strongly suggest"I attend. I am feeling guilty for not wanting to go and a little bitter that these teachers are making me feel guilty.
Am I the only parent out there that sees this level of involvement as wrong?
Ok, let me hear from you! Don't hold back, I can take it.
L
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