<p>What is considered the norm as far as doing things with our kids. here are my questions</p>
<p>comedy night- do the kids generally come to this or is it more for the parents? I'm trying to purchase tickets but my d does not want to come. Of course if we arrive on campus and "everyone else is going" she'll be mad I didn't buy her a ticket. I was thinking of going and sending my son to hang with D. Any thoughts? how does it usually go? </p>
<p>football game- do I purchase D a ticket or will she get her own on campus? Do they usually sit with their parents or in a student section?</p>
<p>Whatever it is I'm fine with but I don't want to buy tickets and NOT get her one and find she really wanted to sit with us. She has no real idea of the answer to the question since she's never been to college before. lol... </p>
<p>any feedback from parents would be so appreciated! :)</p>
<p>When we went, our d spent the minimal acceptable time with us, without making us sorry we made the trip No seriously, each kid is different, our daughter went for a meal with us, was itchy to send us on our way. We went once freshman year. she wanted no part of attending the comedy event with us or attending it at all, she had student section football game ticket with friends. Just an aside, most of her friends parents were not attending, so I assume that was why she did not want “family time” had plans for the weekend with new friends.</p>
<p>DD spent Friday night at the comedy show with us, as well as Saturday (tailgate, which I would not recommend, and football game). So we bought her tix for all. I think a lot of her friends went home for the weekend last year and we did not meet any.</p>
<p>We did not go to parents weekend last year, but the weekend works out well for us this year so we are going again. DD said to buy her a ticket for both the comedy show and the football game. Those are the only two activities we will “participate” in for parents weekend (as DD is a junior).</p>
<p>I don’t think there is a “norm.” Depends on your D/S.</p>
<p>lefty1
Just so you are aware if you want to have your D sit with you in the side-line stands for the football game you will need to purchase a seat ticket for her. She can sit with other students in the end zone student section with just her ID (no cost) but parents are not allowed to sit in this area.</p>
<p>thanks everyone… i think I will split the difference with all the imput. I will purchase football ticket for d so she can sit with us and at least she has the option to spend some of the game time with us. :)</p>
<p>When my D was a freshman back in 2006 they used to have 2 Parents weekends, one just for Freshman Parents and another separate one for all Parents. IMO it was nice just to be around parents of freshman students as you could identify with each other much better and you could then still attend the All Parents weekend held later as well. I guess the cost was just too great to continue to hold both weekends. Have fun when you attend. I would cherish the time you spend with them when you attend because you probably will find that once your child gets involved with UD that they will rapidly lose interest in returning to visit home, until they have to.</p>
<p>Last year we bought tickets to comedy show and ended up not going down for the weekend. D was very happy, she took 4 friends to the show, loved it and went to football game with friends. We went down a different weekend and it worked out much better!</p>
No seriously, each kid is different, our daughter went for a meal with us, was itchy to send us on our way. We went once freshman year. she wanted no part of attending the comedy event with us or attending it at all, she had student section football game ticket with friends. Just an aside, most of her friends parents were not attending, so I assume that was why she did not want “family time” had plans for the weekend with new friends.</p>