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A new spin for helicopter mom

(Feb. 6, 2009) Hi everyone. Sorry I haven’t written in a while. Have been too busy living a happy and productive life. Writing this blog helped see me through one of the darkest periods in my life. It’s over now. :)

It’s amazing how many people keep visiting this site even though I, myself, haven’t logged on here in months. I hope you are finding what you read here helpful. I, myself, wouldn’t want to live through it again.

Update: I know I promised you that I would tell Younger Son’s story and I am, but not here. My next book will be on what he experienced. Publisher would not be happy if the whole story was already available on line. Stay tuned for publishing details. What you do need to know is that Younger Son now absolutely adores reading. He zipped through all the Harry Potter books in the first few months of this school year and has just finished the Rick Riordan series. He is an excellent and voracious reader who, according to his teacher, was one of the kids who got the highest grade in his class on the first computerized practice test the kids took for this year’s ELA. So even though he started out way behind most of the kids in his grade, he certainly caught up! All turned out well for him and for me. I now have a thriving, joyful business helping other kids learn to read.

As for Older Son, he is maintaining a 93+ average in his first choice Specialized High School without even breaking a sweat. He loves his school and is thriving, both socially and academically. Part of the reason he is doing so well is because of the rigorous training he got at NEST+m. Would we do it all over again? Moms ask me that all the time as middle school choice year approaches. You’ll have to stay tuned for that answer. Right now, I honestly don’t know the answer.

Okay. Done. Finished talking about my kids, at least in an academic way. But I do want to, every so often, share my thoughts on school and life with you. For example, the other day I got an email urging me to speak out at a panel for mayoral control of the schools. I deleted it. I will no longer waste my energy on trying to change the school system. Doesn’t matter what our mayor does because I will make sure my kids get what they need at home because that’s what every other clued in parent is doing. That’s the big elephant in the room that, for some reason, no one is willing to talk about.

Why not?

 

Posted on Friday, February 6, 2009 at 17:56 by Registered CommenterHelicopter Mom | Comments1 Comment

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I'm a stay at home mom now, but only because I got very ill a couple of years ago and had extensive surgery. I worked for 25 years and God only knows we still need the money just to survive. So I do know and understand both sides. I have two small children in elementary school. I think it is important to volunteer at the school when possible, but I also think SOME (not all) of the volunteer moms need to get a life and stop "hovering." Some of them are only doing it so their children get special privileges over children whose parents work and to make THEMSELVES look good. Example: The kids at my daughter's school always get picked for safety patrol captain, get their pictures splattered all over the year book, get opportunities to change their grades and bad behavior is overlooked more than the other children. Not to mention the one mom I know that volunteers daily also donates money to the school for field trips, parties, low income kids (which is good), and of course she's been volunteer of the year every year for eleven years (why not she funds the school and schools are desperate) but she ONLY does it to make herself look good. The school has lost most of their volunteers because when she comes in all she does is gossip and boss everyone around including the teachers and most of the other volunteers don't feel it's worth it to put up with her. TEACHERS have even quit because of her. She thinks she's the "Queen Bee" of the school, not just her daughter's class! She also does this at her daughter's dance center by making large donations to the director so her daughter can move up in levels, then the dance teachers get mad at the little girl because she can't keep up. She also sits with the directer and gossips the whole time she's there AND mom's including myself have left because of her. The worse part is that it's effecting her daughter to the point that her daughter will literally cry if something bothers her in the slightest bit or she doesn't get her way. This "helicopter mom" is hovering so much that her poor child has absolutely NO independence of her own. I feel sorry for her daughter when she gets into high school! This mom is destroying this child for her own selfish reasons and there are a lot of moms like this. Give your CHILD, the teachers and the school some space and get a life!
March 11, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterTammy

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