Anonymous wrote:No, but kids with Dads deserve that special bond and special moments. They shouldn't just stop doing these dances because a small portion of kids don't have Dads. My daughter is getting ready to go a Mother/Daughter tea a few weeks before graduation. Should we cancel that because a few kids don't have moms?

Yes they should, and yes, you should cancel the event. It's exclusionary and insensitive.

Stop for a moment and think about the kids who don't have a mom or don't have a dad. Jackie's mom died, but she should just watch all the other girls go to the event with their moms and suck it up. Nora's dad walked out when she was three. Ava has two moms and she's cool with that but she's seven and she'd love to go to the party, but Uncle Jack isn't her dad and the other kids are teasing her about that.

I don't get why all this stuff has to arbitrarily specify the gender of the caregiver when it's (a) unnecessary and (b) mean.

Anonymous wrote:Wait, now we can't have Father Daughter Dances any longer? Jesus, stop with the political correctness crap. You guys are taking all the fun and special moments out of life! Everything in life is not and does not have to be "all inclusive." Get over yourselves.

+1000

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Anonymous wrote:Parent-kid time is important. I can see dads taking their kids hiking, riding bikes, going to lunch, reading together, going to the movies, etc.

Something like a father - daughter hike seems like nice bonding time, a father-daughter dance strikes me as extremely creepy. I just don't get it.

Agreed. Why the pseudo-romantic context? I see Facebook posts of men giving their daughter corsages like it's prom. Ew ew ew.

Sounds like you have an issue with men in general. There is nothing creepy about a man dancing with his little girl. Ever been to a big wedding? Lots of men dancing with their girls. Not all men are not peds. I danced with my Dad at my wedding to a song we both loved. Is that also creepy?

OMG no.

Anonymous wrote:Parent-kid time is important. I can see dads taking their kids hiking, riding bikes, going to lunch, reading together, going to the movies, etc.

Something like a father - daughter hike seems like nice bonding time, a father-daughter dance strikes me as extremely creepy. I just don't get it.

Agreed. Why the pseudo-romantic context? I see Facebook posts of men giving their daughter corsages like it's prom. Ew ew ew.

Wait, now we can't have Father Daughter Dances any longer? Jesus, stop with the political correctness crap. You guys are taking all the fun and special moments out of life! Everything in life is not and does not have to be "all inclusive." Get over yourselves.

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Anonymous wrote:I think this is not the town for that kind of thing. Maybe in New Jersey.

Hahahaha! So. Much. Truth.

Not.

What part of NJ did you live in/grow up in? Stop watching reality tv. This is over the top anywhere.

Well I wrote that and I grew up in Manhattan, you know that place on the opposite side of the river from New Jersey. I've also never watched a reality show about the place because having it so close by, I didn't need to see any more.

You can go away now.

Anonymous wrote:Ugh, the limo is tacky, and the "father daughter dance" is extremely creepy and sends a terrible message IMO. Paging Dr. Freud.

Just ask yourself, why aren't there any mother-son dances?? Maybe because mothers aren't in charge of preserving their sons' virginity?

I am in Alexandria and there are several mother/son dances, mainly at country clubs.

Anonymous wrote:Ugh, the limo is tacky, and the "father daughter dance" is extremely creepy and sends a terrible message IMO. Paging Dr. Freud.

Just ask yourself, why aren't there any mother-son dances?? Maybe because mothers aren't in charge of preserving their sons' virginity?

There are definitely mother-son dances (in Ohio). I have friends that share photos of those on Facebook, too.

I think both are weird. If schools want to have a dance for elementary age kids, why not have a family dance; moms with daughters, sons with dads, all the siblings and one or both parents, grandparents, whatever.

gross

The only reason to get a limo is if you are going somewhere to get drunk, and either there isn't Uber or cabs or you have enough people that it would be more expensive/annoying to do it that way. Even then, it's embarrassing while pragmatic.

Anonymous wrote:Ugh, the limo is tacky, and the "father daughter dance" is extremely creepy and sends a terrible message IMO. Paging Dr. Freud.

Just ask yourself, why aren't there any mother-son dances?? Maybe because mothers aren't in charge of preserving their sons' virginity?

+1000. And no one ever simpers approvingly about "mommy's little boy". Calling someone a mama's boy is basically universally pejorative.

Ugh, the limo is tacky, and the "father daughter dance" is extremely creepy and sends a terrible message IMO. Paging Dr. Freud.

Just ask yourself, why aren't there any mother-son dances?? Maybe because mothers aren't in charge of preserving their sons' virginity?