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[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]
Seems really odd that you would know all of these specifics/exact conversations that happened if you weren’t there. Seems like way too much detail. Little sibling was cute? Mom was “beaming”? Your son really told you that? I’ve raised four boys and I have a hard time imagining a 14 year old boy saying stuff like that.

Something is off here. Sounds like this is a situation that happened only in your mind. [/quote]

Or maybe I changed details ;)[/quote]

So you're admitting to lying?[/quote]

No.

Story is true.

Ages, genders and number of siblings brought along might be different.
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