I think it would be nice if all these events (concerts, awards ceremonies, etc) were live streamed. Our schools have the technology and they have the staff. It would be really nice if grandparents or aunts/uncles or traveling parents could participate this way. Almost all the travel sports events I go to these days are being live streamed. It is hard to understand why our schools don't do it, too.

I'm happy to say the parents at my kids' school are quite good about this. There was an event yesterday, and parents quietly went to the front of the room and kneeled down to record their own child's performance. I took my turn, too. Nobody was standing in front of anyone and nobody was holding their phone over their heads.

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Anonymous wrote:Grandma is in a wheelchair and can't come to the performance, so recording it is the only way she can see it.

So Grandma's desire to see your kid perform trumps my desire to see my own kid perform? Unbelievable.

One year I had two parents OF THE SAME KID two rows in front of me, both filming with their full sized I-Pads. They completely blocked the window between their heads through which I could see the stage. I really hate those people.

I find these stories, while convenient for your point, so unbelievable. If that happened to me I’d tell them to put their iPads down. If it’s do egregious say something.

Having been to three different end of year or promotion programs this week, sadly I find it completely beleiveable.

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Anonymous wrote:Grandma is in a wheelchair and can't come to the performance, so recording it is the only way she can see it.

So Grandma's desire to see your kid perform trumps my desire to see my own kid perform? Unbelievable.

One year I had two parents OF THE SAME KID two rows in front of me, both filming with their full sized I-Pads. They completely blocked the window between their heads through which I could see the stage. I really hate those people.

I find these stories, while convenient for your point, so unbelievable. If that happened to me I’d tell them to put their iPads down. If it’s do egregious say something.

Anonymous wrote:Grandma is in a wheelchair and can't come to the performance, so recording it is the only way she can see it.

So Grandma's desire to see your kid perform trumps my desire to see my own kid perform? Unbelievable.

One year I had two parents OF THE SAME KID two rows in front of me, both filming with their full sized I-Pads. They completely blocked the window between their heads through which I could see the stage. I really hate those people.

Agreed that this is ridiculous and annoying.

Just live in and enjoy the moment instead of fussing with your phone.

The videos are of pretty poor quality anyhow and most probably only get viewed once or twice, if at all.

Seems like most schools could find someone to make a high quality video and just distribute it to everyone for free afterwards.

These people suck. My child had a dance recital this weekend that was professionally filmed. The director asked that it not be recorded. So...parents actually came backstage to try to film from the sides of the stage and fought with the owner trying to stop them. One grown up lady stomping her foot while children were on stage screaming that "it's not fair, it's her right to be there and film her own child". Me, a parent volunteer, was mortified. My husband told me another asshat went into the tech (light/sound booth) to try to film. What is wrong with people? What happened to basic courtesy? I will take filming from the seats anyday over that nonesense. And dont even get me started about the people that post these things on socials without the concent of the parents of the other kids...they suck extra.

Gosh yes, I think this is so ridiculous. First, if your kid is looking for you during his preformance, all he sees is that you're looking at a screen! Just watch it live. You don't need every performance on video. I think it is So Rude.

If we can't as a society convince people to stop recording fireworks displays with their phones, it is hopeless to try to stop them from recording their children's school play.

Some ballet schools sell a DVD of the dance recital so parents buy them

The principal made an announcement the other day before DD's band concert that parents wishing to videotape the performance should stand to the side/along the auditorium walls.

Anonymous wrote:IT's the people who do it with the iPad in the front row who I want to slap.

The front row people can film from waist level! They don't need to block anybody's view.

Anonymous wrote:Grandma is in a wheelchair and can't come to the performance, so recording it is the only way she can see it.

What kind of school is not handicapped accessible in this day and age in the US?

Grandma is in a wheelchair and can't come to the performance, so recording it is the only way she can see it.

I am a school administrator and when I welcome parents to school events, I specifically ask that if they are going to film, that they stand to the side and that they do not film from their seats. At some events, we have set up specific "paparazzi" areas for parents to rotate through as their children perform. I agree that this behavior is very rude.