<p>every community or area is different. i have never seen a parent attend a testing session in our area. it's kind of a big deal for the kids to ride together and then eat afterwards. i hated it because i always worried about my kids getting lost on the u of i campus or just lost in general....you know how those kids can be!</p>
<p>i like the concept of a parent around to make sure they don't dilly dally around at a donut shop or get lost....but i was always overruled! once i did have to run some errands in the same distant community as my son's satII's, and since he was the only one from his school taking them, he let me drop him off and then he called when he was done. </p>
<p>glad everyone made it on time this morning...hope the testing went well....</p>
<p>Thanks! I knew y'all would be kind and understanding. I picked her up and she said, "It was <em>SOOOO</em> easy! I wish they'd only given us half the time! Even the math was easy!" I can believe it about the English, she's very good with that, but the math is another story. Time will tell . . .</p>
<p>it is Seinfeldesque, loved that episode..it taps into a very deep-seated fear we all have of somehow missing our big moment</p>
<p>moom- ha, after all that! must have been the Good Breakfast....anyhow, glad it went well. is this d #2? I thought I saw an acceptance for your d somewhere else?</p>
<p>guess I babied my d on test days; that way she could eat in the car on the way since we just never could leave quite as early as we tried..</p>
<p>I hear you on the food before the test. My younger son had his Math A regents on Thursday. He was supposed to be at the school at noon. At about ten of I realize we haven't left yet and he hasn't eaten. He tells me he's not hungry. I tell him I won't allow him to take a two hour math test (or whatever it is) on an empty stomach. So I zap him a frozen pizza and he eats it in the car. Bad Mom or Good Mom?</p>
<p>so here's the menu for pre-SAT Good Breakfast as prepared by Excellent Parents:
frozen pizza, washed down with
choice of Coke or Red Bull
with hot fudge for dessert</p>
<p>and it must be eaten in the car while careening madly down the freeway trying to read your Mapquest at the ungodly hour of 7am on a Sat.</p>
<p>and then when almost there realizing you have forgotten the
ADMISSION TICKET</p>
<p>now we've moved on to senioritis, figuring out how I will actually pay for college (cheap red wine anyone), and arguing over curfew (her friends don't have one, says she)...</p>
<p>Oooooookay, y'all can officially express your denunciation of me as a parent now. TSFH (who achieved his highest GPA ever 1st sem. this year and is on his way to an even better 2nd sem., and who has been working since early summer to afford it) just purchased his first motorcycle this weekend. He took his safety training, bought excellent protective gear for riding, has his license and insurance, and took a friend's knowledgeable father with him to examine the vehicle. It is pristine and well-cared-for. H and I are holding the keys, and we have a written contract regarding behavioral, school, and work expectations, with unavailable-key-consequences should anything indicate slacking off. Given the inevitability of this purchase, we decided it was better that it should happen while we still had the small chance of exerting some positive influence on usage behaviors, rather than having him dive in once he leaves our home sphere.</p>
<p>Family members are considering ostracizing us as the worst parents ever. We are trying to be rational yet loving about it, while stressing that it is a risky behavior. Kid is over-the-moon happy and more motivated to cooperate at home and school than ever. </p>
<p>mootmom, you've done all you can. Just hang in there, and be prepared to follow though with the key-ectomy if needed. And may your son not be anywhere near inattentive or uncaring drivers.</p>
<p>Okay, somebody dust off one of our Sinners Alley crowns - over there on the shelf under the tequila, next to Sybbie's chicken baskets. Not one of those scotch-taped cardboard Burger King ones either. Make it two crowns; mootparents have earned them. Slap on a couple of those Sinners Alley Good Parenting Seals of Approval. Written contract, protective gear, safety training, kid buys moto and insurance with own $$.... these are good parenting in my book.</p>
<p>Anybody sez otherwise is itchin' for a fight. :p</p>