One school asks for an essay on our parenting philosophy. Do we have one? Aren’t most of us just flying by the seat of our pants?
They are going to be sorely disappointed by our essay, unless they are just trying to weed out helicopter parents…
probably they are weeding out helicopter parents. 
I think I wrote something like “Panda Dad”…the best of the Asian traditions, without the overly draconian aspects — m natural instincts thankfully tempered by my non-Asian wife. 
^^^my natural…
I probably put “benign neglect.”
I remember that…funny
I just dug up ours from two years ago. An endearing attempt to justify our lack of one, in too many words.
Interesting. I agree probably to weed out the helicopters.
I have some suggested short answers:
“We leave that up to the nanny.”
“Philosophy? That’s why we want to send our kid to boarding school.”
Double dog dare you. 
Just lie or stretch the truth if you think it will hurt their chances. It’s not moral punishing children for their parent’s mistakes, so I personally would not have a problem with it
Perhaps the Admissions Committee just throws this question in for entertainment. :))
Have you seen the keys to my Black Hawk?
I should’ve let my kids write mine…
When K2 ( reading over my shoulder ) felt like I wasn’t being completely forthcoming about my parenting style on another thread, he commandeered my computer and wrote this:
Hello-
My brother and I have lived in fear that our mother would show up on campus one day wearing black ninja pajamas. We call this Ninja Parenting. Tiger Moms have nothing on our Ninja Mom. It’s the element of surprise that makes this style of parenting very effective. I have to go to work now, but I felt it was important to set the record straight.
Have a great day.