Ok, at what point do I go from being a concerned parent to a helocopter parent? CJ is in 7th grade and I just fired off e-mails to two of his teachers. Am I turning into one of them?

Depends on what the emails were for.

I couldn't pay my parents to talk to my teachers. There's a middle ground there somewhere. You may be on it.

Apparently CA law mandates I take lunch. Which means the contracting company won't process my timesheets unless there's lunch on them. Even if I didn't take it. How annoying. Either I take lunch or I fudge the sheets.

Either I take lunch or I fudge the sheets.

Mmmmm.... fudge.

Depends on what the emails were for.

One was responding to an e-mail regarding a test CJ missed when he was sick last week. It is the class he had gotten a bad behavior report in for the 1st quarter, so I added a question about his behavior this quarter.

The second was to his math teacher. He got a bad grade on the first test this quarter which was weighted a 10, all the tests since then have been weighted at 1. I was asking how he can dig himself out of that hole and end up with the B+ he needs to stay in that class.

Hubby wants to go to the company holiday dinner. I loathe the things. He thinks I need to be there so management can see me. It's a small company, they already know who I am, and I don't want to do fake schmoozy mingley things. My immediate supervisors like me and I'm track for a promotion. I don't know if it's Hubby wanting to get out the house and eat free food or if he really enjoys these kinds of things, but I hate the idea of going.

Hah. His math teacher already responded. He has a test Wednesday that could raise his grade. Will see what happens.

One comment from her regarding CJ - He is so bright but also very stubborn.

One was responding to an e-mail regarding a test CJ missed when he was sick last week. It is the class he had gotten a bad behavior report in for the 1st quarter, so I added a question about his behavior this quarter.

well, that doesn't count as helicoptering if you're responding to an email that they sent you.

I was asking how he can dig himself out of that hole and end up with the B+ he needs to stay in that class.

Hmm, I'd say borderline. As a teacher, I'd want the student to be asking that question. OTOH, I work with/teach college students, so I have a different level of expectation with students.

Of course, if you were just making an idle comment, and didn't really want me in your business, feel free to ignore :)

No, I am curious Vortex. When K-Bug was going through school, teachers didn't have school e-mail and there wasn't a bunch of contact.

With CJ, every teacher has made a point of providing their school e-mail address. Both these teachers have initiated contact in the past regarding school issues. I just don't want to be come "one of those" parents.

I would never ask those kind of questions to K-Bug's teachers. She is a junior in college and gets to fight her own battles. But I'm just not sure where that line is for CJ as yet. 7th grade? 8th grade? High school?

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