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Anonymous wrote:Teach your kids to be glad that their parents have jobs, they have adequate food, wifi and a supportive family. Many people are worrying about how they will eat, pay their rent and if they will even be able to afford to send their kids to college or back to college in the fall. If you have all of the above, complaining is not a good look. Two days to feel bad then count your blessings and move on.

WOWZA!!! Parent of the year right here..... EVERY DAY people have it worse off than you/your kid/your friend.... that does not mean that your kid won't feel let down about something they have been looking forward to a loooong time. I will bet this parent of the year has never complained about anything. Ever. Including when they were a teen. Nah-- I'm not taking that bet. This poster is probably the biggest whiner in the office!

+1000. Be grateful that their parents still have jobs and have food to eat.

Anonymous wrote:Went to a huge public high school. Almost no memory of the graduation ceremony. Kept the relationships that mattered and left the rest behind for bigger things. I think a lot of of the angst over graduation may be because of the parents’ disappointment at not getting to celebrate what they perceive as a defining milestone in the life of their child, who they raised from infancy and were there for every step of the way, and who now is entering a more independent stage in life.

Your recollections all these years later does not mean you were not excited about it at the time. My senior said she would love it if they could go back just for the last week. Will she care about that when she is 40 or 50 probably not, but right now she does. She does not remember going to Disney at 5 but that does not mean we should not have gone.

The class of 2020 will not have a graduation, prom, or anything else. Maybe with the exception of some very conservative communities. We will need to practice social distancing -- not as severe as we are now, but limiting large gatherings, etc to keep the virus in-check. If the growth rate gets high, we will just overwhelm the hospitals later.

(my modeling suggests everyone is going to get it unless a vaccine comes out first, but we can mitigate the death rate if we can keep the most serious cases to under 1 million at a time in the US)

Anonymous wrote:It’s tough. My nephew is in recovery , spent years battling his drug addiction, and is graduating from college this spring. We are all so incredibly proud of him, but I am sad for him not to have this “marker” of his accomplishment.

High school celebrations are hard to postpone or repeat because everyone moves on to work, college, military, etc. But it’s more normal to start “real life” after college on varying schedules, and I know many who had delayed graduation parties because they had to start work quickly or were moving or graduated in December but couldn’t “walk” until May. So I think you absolutely must throw him a massive celebration or really fancy dinner when this is all over, no matter how long you have to wait. Hooray for your nephew! I don’t even know him and feel proud.

Went to a huge public high school. Almost no memory of the graduation ceremony. Kept the relationships that mattered and left the rest behind for bigger things. I think a lot of of the angst over graduation may be because of the parents’ disappointment at not getting to celebrate what they perceive as a defining milestone in the life of their child, who they raised from infancy and were there for every step of the way, and who now is entering a more independent stage in life.

Anonymous wrote:Teach your kids to be glad that their parents have jobs, they have adequate food, wifi and a supportive family. Many people are worrying about how they will eat, pay their rent and if they will even be able to afford to send their kids to college or back to college in the fall. If you have all of the above, complaining is not a good look. Two days to feel bad then count your blessings and move on.

WOWZA!!! Parent of the year right here..... EVERY DAY people have it worse off than you/your kid/your friend.... that does not mean that your kid won't feel let down about something they have been looking forward to a loooong time. I will bet this parent of the year has never complained about anything. Ever. Including when they were a teen. Nah-- I'm not taking that bet. This poster is probably the biggest whiner in the office!

Teach your kids to be glad that their parents have jobs, they have adequate food, wifi and a supportive family. Many people are worrying about how they will eat, pay their rent and if they will even be able to afford to send their kids to college or back to college in the fall. If you have all of the above, complaining is not a good look. Two days to feel bad then count your blessings and move on.

Anonymous wrote:Worst case scenario is there will be a tele-graduation ceremony.

This is hard for everybody, but I do feel particularly bad for high school and college seniors.

No, that is not a worst case scenario.

It’s tough OP. I’m a high school teacher. We are all mourning the things the kids will miss out on but especially the seniors. Yes it sucks people have to move weddings, nobody is saying it doesn’t. But these kids will miss out on huge milestones- senior prom, senior night at sports, their last games with their teams, awards ceremonies, graduation. You have to be stone cold to not feel bad these kids won’t get the pleasure and joy of walking across the stage at graduation and that their parents won’t get that moment either.

No good answers. It’s awful for them.

Really? Do you have new info on a vaccine? I read 12-18 months. Colleges may start in the fall, but they may still be offering computer based learning.

Anonymous wrote:I’m sure it will all be canceled. I don’t even know if college will start in the fall.

LOL that’s being a bit dramatic. It’ll 100% start in the fall.

I would assume there won't be many, if any graduatation ceremonies this spring.

Things like this have happened in the past, like during WWII. It happens. It stinks, but it is better than many alternatives.

Anonymous wrote:How about holding the prom in December, when they're all home from college on Christmas break?

By then, they will all be dating college friends...that could be really awkward.

Idea - graduation in July with only the senior and parents. Keeps the numbers low.

Anonymous wrote:Some people are cancelling their weddings which have cost them $$$. There is always someone who problems are worse. Try to look at the positive.

so I shouldn’t feel bad for my Senior because people are canceling their wedding? WTF does that have anything to do with anything. Graduation is still a milestone they can never get back. At least you can technically reschedule your wedding or just go ahead with it.