Did you drive you Middle Schooler in to school today?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think it matters either way, although I'd probably tend to drive them if I could. I'd give my husband a lift to keep him out of the rain. It just seems to be common courtesy to help out if and when you can. If you can't, no biggie.

I will say I saw several adults walking to work standing at street corners today, as cars went by in deep water. People got soaked from the chest down by the splashing. I don't think even the best rain gear would keep them dry in that.

How do you make it to adulthood and not know to not stand next to flooded busy roadway?

Because they always got driven to school when it rained.

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You suck as a parent. Sorry but you do.
I drive mine every day because it's a nice thing to do and they are 14 and 12

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Anonymous wrote:You suck as a parent. Sorry but you do.
I drive mine every day because it's a nice thing to do and they are 14 and 12

Get a life helicopter.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You suck as a parent. Sorry but you do.
I drive mine every day because it's a nice thing to do and they are 14 and 12

Get a life helicopter.

Not that poster, but why is it bad to be considerate?

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Very interesting. Thanks for posting OP. I originally was going to say how I disagreed and you should have driven them. I drove mine. But then I reflected on my own experience growing up. I would never have thought to ask or call my stay at home mom to drive me to school. Would not have even crossed my mind. Strange. She was a great mom. But something like this just would not even been a thought. It wasy job to get to school. We would have laughed about how wet I got. I wonder where that experience has become lost these days.

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Anonymous wrote:You suck as a parent. Sorry but you do.
I drive mine every day because it's a nice thing to do and they are 14 and 12

I wouldn't say a different parenting philosophy = "suck as a parent"

OP seemed to have a reason even if you don't agree with it.

I drive my kids every day, BTW, so I'm not defending her choices because they are the same as mine but rather because I think she was trying to make a point, maybe poorly executed.

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I'm pretty hardcore about outdoor stuff and independence (I am one of those people who brags about walking a mile to school for kindergarten.) but I still think it was a bitchy thing for you to do that!

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Anonymous wrote:You realize they'll have the air on at school right? Wet pants and feet with air conditioning is a great way to get sick. Just take them some clothes.

YOU DON'T GET SICK FROM HAVING WET PANTS AND FEET IN AIR CONDITIONING.

I apologize for yelling, but really, it's the 21st century. The germ theory of disease has been around for at least 100 years.

But it can make you more susceptible to catching a cold.

I can't get past the stupidity of this subtopic.

Wet clothes don't make you sick.

Not to mention that middle- and high-schoolers wear shorts and no jackets in mid-February.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think it matters either way, although I'd probably tend to drive them if I could. I'd give my husband a lift to keep him out of the rain. It just seems to be common courtesy to help out if and when you can. If you can't, no biggie.

I will say I saw several adults walking to work standing at street corners today, as cars went by in deep water. People got soaked from the chest down by the splashing. I don't think even the best rain gear would keep them dry in that.

What time are we talking here? Don't middle schoolers get the bus before 8 a.m.? The flooding didn't start til around 11.

Yes, it was raining early this morning, but there's a big difference between walking to school in the rain this morning and hydroplaning on the GW Parkway this afternoon/evening.

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Nor do I. And the PPs who beat up on OP for this are the reason so many kids are growing up unable to cope with life. So they got drenched. Maybe next time they'll wear appropriate clothes for the rain.

Or learn that wet clothes, while uncomfortable, aren't the end of the world.

I agree. If she did all she could to persuade them to wear things that would keep them dry, then she did well already. They should learn that it's no to bad to get wet. (My kids went out in the torrential rain to play after school. I know it's not the same because they could change clothes after they come in. But why didn't OPs kids listen to her about what to wear?)

I think the problem OP will face is the environment she's in. If all the other kids at school are gettting driven to the bus or school and thus arriving dry, OPs kids will feel extra resentful. Sometimes we do have to conform our principles to fit our environment a little. Though it's also good for OP's kids to set a good example for the other kids! I bet deal still has a lot of kids who arrived wet, though those may not be OP's kids neighbors?

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Either response would have been fine. I drove my middle schoolers, but I really enjoy doing that! They talk to me in the car and I always earn about things social.

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Anonymous wrote:Either response would have been fine. I drove my middle schoolers, but I really enjoy doing that! They talk to me in the car and I always earn about things social.

OP doesn't seem to enjoy it at all.

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Anonymous wrote:You suck as a parent. Sorry but you do.
I drive mine every day because it's a nice thing to do and they are 14 and 12

Get a life helicopter.

Not that poster, but why is it bad to be considerate?

Considerate to whom? Helicopter PP isn't doing it out of the goodness of her heart, she's doing it because she feels superior to parents who allow some independence in their teens.

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Anonymous wrote:Either response would have been fine. I drove my middle schoolers, but I really enjoy doing that! They talk to me in the car and I always earn about things social.

OP doesn't seem to enjoy it at all.

Your kids are probably chubby and or extraordinarily lazy. Would you drive them if you lived 8 blocks from school?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You suck as a parent. Sorry but you do.
I drive mine every day because it's a nice thing to do and they are 14 and 12

Get a life helicopter.

Not that poster, but why is it bad to be considerate?

Considerate to whom? Helicopter PP isn't doing it out of the goodness of her heart, she's doing it because she feels superior to parents who allow some independence in their teens.

I agree. Like another poster said, when we were young it was OUR responsibility to get to school and many of us had SAHM. Driving your child every day to a school they are zoned to walk to, is coddling. I am not saying to not offer to drive in certain weather but every darn day? When I was a kid walking to school/bus stop with friends was a lot more fun and cooler than getting dropped off by mommy. It is the complete opposite around here. Kids that walk are uncool. Kids who have their mommies make them lunch and drive them to school is now the "in" thing to do. Yet moms have 10X more responsibilities than our SAHM did. Why is it normal for moms to do it all and kids learn zero responsibility. It is a lose lose situation if you ask me.