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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is customary that if you go with your child, your child will be identified for the next four years as "That kid whose mommy went to orientation."[/quote]

Lol.

There was a poor kid who attended my kid's freshman orientation whose parents (mom & dad) PLUS 2 younger siblings (young elementary and older elementary) attended as well.

Dad asked a lot of questions. Mom beamed and tried talking to other 9th graders to find kids who lived close and might have shared interests. Older elementary sibling was chatty and tried to act cute and impress the teenagers. Little sibling was cute, but still.

The poor kid (according to my kid) looked like he wanted to melt into the floor.

My kid ended up moving through several classes with the family, so mom kept trying to strike up conversations with him. "Hey look Junior, here is Larlo again. Let's sit here. Larlo, what activities are you doing? Hey Junior, Larlo has your same history class. Larlo, why don't you exchange numbers so you two can hang out before school starts."

The poor poor kid! He was the only kid in all of freshman orientation with a parent there. My son said the teachers kept trying to encourage his parents to leave but they just were not picking up what was going on.

He had no noticeable special needs, and according to my son never showed any signs of being special needs, aspergers or social difficulties the entire year. He was just a little shy and quiet, but otherwise just a regular, nice kid. However, 3 years later he is still known as the kid who brought his parents and siblings to freshman orientation.

Don't be that parent OP.

Let your kid navigate freshman orientation on his own. It will be better for him, and also let the teachers do what they prepared to do (which is not interacting with parents)[/quote]

It's sad that you as an adult are so caught up in the labeling.  It also seems that instead of telling your DC that it's not a big deal, you fueled the ridicule of the kid.  So the parents wanted to go, that should be a family choice.  [/quote]

Not at all.

I told my kid to be kind to this poor boy as no one wants to experience that much embarrassment on the first day of his new school.

I think all the kids were very kind to him as they all could not imagine being stuck i  that position.

As I said, the poor boy.[/quote]

Because his parents went to orientation?  Again, you are a part of the problem. [/quote]

No, because his parents were the ONLY parents in a class of 600 kids at orientation, [i]and[/i] they brought the entire family [i]and[/i] they monopolized the class in every session my kid had with this kid [i]and[/i] they kept trying to set up playdates for their 4 years from being an adult teenager.

Most, if not all parents, who showed up and noticed they were the only parent/full family in attendance at freshman orientation would have quickly bowed out with a "Have fun. We will meet you by the flagpole at noon."

I really feel for this kid and any other whose parents put them into this embarrassing position.[/quote]

You need to stop digging a hole for yourself.  You sound like the sort of parent who notices every idiosyncrasy about other kids and parents and keeps a running tab.

I'm just glad you're not at our school (the freshmen class back then wasn't anywhere near 600 kids).  [/quote]

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