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Anonymous wrote:I've seen that with husbands. People comment on the replies. I'd assume it was a psychology experiment to weigh reactions knowing some parents would reply positively, some would think the kid was about to break bad news, some would think their kid's phone was stolen!

It was for his AP Psych class.

I'm 1854. Even knowing my kid was in AP Psych class I would still proceed as identified in my post. I would want the safe or not-safe code word/s asap. And I don't want to be a Debbie Downer because I am a teacher, too, but we probably would want to have a discussion with the teacher and head of school about the exercise and could the purpose of the exercise be better met in another way.

Holy overreaction.
I think you need a xanex. I hope you aren't this high strung with the kids you teach.

1854 again. And, actually, I think you are the one with the problem with your immediate reliance on hyperbole instead of addressing the issue raised. I'm simply describing my reaction to a random text that, as described, arrived out of context and would be completely out of character for any of our 5 children.

In my family we have a protocol for handling situations as presented and I've described the steps that I or my husband would take to ensure that our child was safe and not kidnapped or a hostage or in some other extreme situation. If I called 911 or if I called the firm we occasionally use for security services and demanded they all run over sirens sounding and ready to bust down doors then I think that would be 'over-reaction'; using a predetermined coded message to ask for an affirmation of safe or non-safe status doesn't strike me as extreme.

And if you're upset because of my speaking to the teacher and the head, well, that's too bad. Because, in my opinion, in this day and age, that teacher used bad judgement and I would want to have a reasonable discussion with the teacher and head about alternative activities that the teacher could have used to serve the same purpose.

But you just keep on keeping on and we'll do the same.

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Anonymous wrote:If he sends a Random text when his at school? My DS psychology teacher made the whole class do it.

If the teacher made the whole class do it, why would he be in trouble? Your post makes no sense.

I think she's asking if you'd worry that you DS was in trouble if you received such a text. Like, she didn't like the assignment, because she got "I love you" (or whatever) during school hours and freaked out.

WHAT?! You're now making even less sense than before.

This obviously wasn't the OP, but I don't understand what was so confusing. S/he was totally correct about OP's meaning as confirmed later in the thread.

Of course I would worry. My kids aren't allowed to use their phones in class, so if I received a random text saying, "I love you," I would think there was a school shooting or something.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've seen that with husbands. People comment on the replies. I'd assume it was a psychology experiment to weigh reactions knowing some parents would reply positively, some would think the kid was about to break bad news, some would think their kid's phone was stolen!

It was for his AP Psych class.

I'm 1854. Even knowing my kid was in AP Psych class I would still proceed as identified in my post. I would want the safe or not-safe code word/s asap. And I don't want to be a Debbie Downer because I am a teacher, too, but we probably would want to have a discussion with the teacher and head of school about the exercise and could the purpose of the exercise be better met in another way.

Holy overreaction.
I think you need a xanex. I hope you aren't this high strung with the kids you teach.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've seen that with husbands. People comment on the replies. I'd assume it was a psychology experiment to weigh reactions knowing some parents would reply positively, some would think the kid was about to break bad news, some would think their kid's phone was stolen!

It was for his AP Psych class.

I'm 1854. Even knowing my kid was in AP Psych class I would still proceed as identified in my post. I would want the safe or not-safe code word/s asap. And I don't want to be a Debbie Downer because I am a teacher, too, but we probably would want to have a discussion with the teacher and head of school about the exercise and could the purpose of the exercise be better met in another way.

Yeah, if this was some sort of psych experiment on unwitting participants (the parents), it seems unethical.

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Anonymous wrote:I've seen that with husbands. People comment on the replies. I'd assume it was a psychology experiment to weigh reactions knowing some parents would reply positively, some would think the kid was about to break bad news, some would think their kid's phone was stolen!

It was for his AP Psych class.

I'm 1854. Even knowing my kid was in AP Psych class I would still proceed as identified in my post. I would want the safe or not-safe code word/s asap. And I don't want to be a Debbie Downer because I am a teacher, too, but we probably would want to have a discussion with the teacher and head of school about the exercise and could the purpose of the exercise be better met in another way.

This would be completely normal for one of my kids and completely out of character for the other, whose entire range of texts consists of "Yes" "no" "Ok" "mhmm" and "K"