Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Definitely ask your child first.

I think it is sort of tacky or something. Like why do you have to express your pride for your child publicly?

Every parent is proud of their child. I think spending money on an ad somehow is like trying to show that you can afford it or something. Just very odd. Graduations are family occasions.

Some of us are not given many opportunities to celebrate our kid, and all of their obstacles, so maybe MYOB.

+1 we paid. Happy to support yearbook and our kid, and do so.

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It's OP ^ response wasn't me. I respect both opinions. I also feel it's a little cringey, but understand that many kids aren't in the spotlight and equally deserving. Maybe more so for overcoming obstacles. I'm going to donate a free spot to counseling dept for another parent that can't afford it to celebrate their child. Cost is ridiculous.

Oh, that's so nice!

I think it's easy for a lot of us to think "Your accomplishments speak for themselves, kid, and I'm paying for college so I'm not throwing money at the yearbook committee." And for our kids, that may be true. But at a senior thing where I was checking kids in, one girl said there was no emergency contact because she had been renting a room for her senior year, and the woman she rented from wouldn't be able to come in an emergency. Commencement was earlier that day, and even though I'd thought the parents with the balloons and flowers were a little over the top, I suddenly wished she'd had that, because she'd clearly had to work a lot harder to get her diploma than most of the kids in her class. She deserved a serving of what I think of as normal.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Definitely ask your child first.

I think it is sort of tacky or something. Like why do you have to express your pride for your child publicly?

Every parent is proud of their child. I think spending money on an ad somehow is like trying to show that you can afford it or something. Just very odd. Graduations are family occasions.

Some of us are not given many opportunities to celebrate our kid, and all of their obstacles, so maybe MYOB.

Oh, you can post your opinion on this thread (which asked for other parent’s opinions), but I should mind my own business. Got it

Sorry if that post hit a nerve!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Definitely ask your child first.

I think it is sort of tacky or something. Like why do you have to express your pride for your child publicly?

Every parent is proud of their child. I think spending money on an ad somehow is like trying to show that you can afford it or something. Just very odd. Graduations are family occasions.

Some of us are not given many opportunities to celebrate our kid, and all of their obstacles, so maybe MYOB.

It's OP ^ response wasn't me. I respect both opinions. I also feel it's a little cringey, but understand that many kids aren't in the spotlight and equally deserving. Maybe moreso for overcoming obstacles. I'm going to donate a free spot to counseling dept for another parent that can't afford it to celebrate their child. Cost is ridiculous.

If it's a baby picture and you don't label it with your kid's name, how can they be embarrassed? Who's to know?

Anonymous wrote:Definitely ask your child first.

I think it is sort of tacky or something. Like why do you have to express your pride for your child publicly?

Every parent is proud of their child. I think spending money on an ad somehow is like trying to show that you can afford it or something. Just very odd. Graduations are family occasions.

Some of us are not given many opportunities to celebrate our kid, and all of their obstacles, so maybe MYOB.

Definitely ask your child first.

I think it is sort of tacky or something. Like why do you have to express your pride for your child publicly?

Every parent is proud of their child. I think spending money on an ad somehow is like trying to show that you can afford it or something. Just very odd. Graduations are family occasions.

Yes, ask him if he wants. Even asking him will give you the chance to tell him how proud you are of him and how excited you are for his next steps. Public surprises not always good for teenagers - depends on the personality.

Thanks for letting me know a little about your kids! Wishing them (and you) happiness, good health, and success on the journey. I'm really proud of my son, too. Waitlisted and deferred like so many. Still has a heart of gold through it all.

Should I ask him if he wants this? I don't want him to be mortified like pp's daughter.

We did a half page ad last year - since the end of daughter's senior year and graduation were ruined by covid, we took every opportunity to celebrate her achievements. Honestly, I'd do it any year unless my kid expressly said not to. But I didn't ask - I knew she wouldn't mind.

We bought one. We are super proud of our kid's hard work and wanted them to have that acknowledgement. Our DC had a rough senior year - got ghosted by friend group, so many senior year activities cancelled I doubt there will be much of anything in the yearbook. So yeah, for our kid with depression struggles, we left a note and photos saying "good job, we believe in you, on to your next journey!"

My child expressly forbid me from purchasing one of these ads, LOL.

We skipped it. My DD 100% would not have wanted something like that and I don’t remember what the costs were but just doesn’t seem like a great use of money at that point for anything related to their high school career. That said, I did like reading the ones from the parents who submitted them the messages were sweet and some of the pictures fun. Nice to get a little bit of a sense of the families of some of her classmates that I didn’t know.

Shit that sounds like highway robbery. $400 for a diaper blowout baby pic and cheesy inspirational message in a yearbook that'll collect dust in the attic? Rather do a cardboard yard sign for free.

1/2 page $225.00
Full page $400.00

Can we weigh in on this like the yard signs?

Ads from parents and family? Do kids want this? I can ask my son, but is it supposed to be a surprise?