UHBlackhawk
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If the SA says for parents to stay away for an event then please stay away. It’s time to let go and let them grow.
Are people showing up to events?If the SA says for parents to stay away for an event then please stay away. It’s time to let go and let them grow.
So did some entitled parents show up for A-Day? I would not want to be the Cadet whose parents showed up for a surreptitious meeting, nor would I want to compromise DS like with such a visit.
I'll take that as a yes. *sigh*
So often, parents turn out to be the lowest common denominators. A sad fact.Sadly this was a huge issue yesterday on a USNA FB page. Parents have been at each other's throats regarding visiting the yard. The academy has politely said, if you aren't essential don't come on the yard. When the no Thanksgiving email came out to mids, parents immediately started planning visits. It was a nasty, attacking, accusatory thread. It made me sad.
Our son left June 29 and we mentally prepared to not see him until Christmas, if then. It isn't what I want, but it is what it is. I am likely leaving that particular page, it is just too much vitriol.
Sadly this was a huge issue yesterday on a USNA FB page. Parents have been at each other's throats regarding visiting the yard. The academy has politely said, if you aren't essential don't come on the yard. When the no Thanksgiving email came out to mids, parents immediately started planning visits. It was a nasty, attacking, accusatory thread. It made me sad.
Our son left June 29 and we mentally prepared to not see him until Christmas, if then. It isn't what I want, but it is what it is. I am likely leaving that particular page, it is just too much vitriol.
It does not get better. Nothing really prepares you for giving them a hug before sending them off to a combat zone.IF our plebe can fly out on the 13th to come home it will have been 168 days in between hugs. That's a long time.
I think 168 days between hugs will be better than what I got from him in high school! Seriously if I try to calculate it! He never left us so he never hugged us. Though I tried when I went on weekend trips, etc. But since he is leaving and arriving he has to play dutiful son - he gave me a big hug at the airport when he departed for Plebe Summer.IF our plebe can fly out on the 13th to come home it will have been 168 days in between hugs. That's a long time.
I have noticed that particular page can get nasty and I prefer the BLB 2024 page much more calm. Maybe it is just too big...Sadly this was a huge issue yesterday on a USNA FB page. Parents have been at each other's throats regarding visiting the yard. The academy has politely said, if you aren't essential don't come on the yard. When the no Thanksgiving email came out to mids, parents immediately started planning visits. It was a nasty, attacking, accusatory thread. It made me sad.
Our son left June 29 and we mentally prepared to not see him until Christmas, if then. It isn't what I want, but it is what it is. I am likely leaving that particular page, it is just too much vitriol.
I totally get this. We aren’t a super huggy family. He went on boys state and nation and national competitions for weeks away from home. He just kind of came and went without fanfare. I wanted to envelope him in hugs and not let go. I guess we do what we need to and what our own family needs. I am guessing I will get a legit solid hug in December.I think 168 days between hugs will be better than what I got from him in high school! Seriously if I try to calculate it! He never left us so he never hugged us. Though I tried when I went on weekend trips, etc. But since he is leaving and arriving he has to play dutiful son - he gave me a big hug at the airport when he departed for Plebe Summer.
Ugh. Hugs to all of you. And lots of FaceTime and whatever works for you guys. We do adjust, don’t we? I am new at this but sensing a pattern early on.DS, an Army Armor 2LT, is shipping out soon to the Middle East, very possibly to a combat zone.
No family visits due to quarantine rules.
It is just the way it is now.
Oh, it gets much easier, said no parent ever.Ugh. Hugs to all of you. And lots of FaceTime and whatever works for you guys. We do adjust, don’t we? I am new at this but sensing a pattern early on.
This is true across most University Parent facebook pages, not just the SAs. Disregard for state and local Covid quarantines for example - adding to the student population risk. Just stay home.COVID is such a divisive issue. And ‘parents’ are NASTY on that page!! Unbelievable. Worst I have ever seen in my short few years of membership.