Comments on: I’m Turning into “That” Mom

By: Carmi

Carmi — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:01:00 +0000

I see this through the lens of my wife, who’s an elementary school teacher. She wishes every parent were as passionate about a child’s achievement as you so clearly are about yours. She cringes not when a passionate parent approaches her and engages in a vigorous, involved discussion on the child’s achievement, but when a clueless one does so and ends up wasting her time.

I suspect she’d clone you if she could. The kind of “that” parent you describe is, above all, a parent. You’re facilitating a life’s journey that, frankly, any parent should want to follow. Nicely played. And mazel tov on the bar mitzvah! I’ve been a stranger of late, and it’s nice to pop back in to a simcha.

By: Dencie

Dencie — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:45:15 +0000

You should do this. I don’t understand how a school program can pigeonhole a child and never let them move up. It is ridiculous and I believe you are doing the right thing! You go!

By: The Mother

The Mother — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:47:42 +0000

THIS is why I started homeschooling my brilliant kids. I got tired of being THAT mom.

I wish you luck. I doubt you’ll get anywhere, but I wish you luck.

By: cursingmama

cursingmama — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:05:20 +0000

We have a weird deal going on that is similar. ThePrincess is in honors math (fine) but it isn’t her best subject – Gameboy is a math wiz and has never been in honors math….

Once he didn’t qualify in middle school the curriculum took different paths and he could never really get in without skipping something important like geometry, trig, or pre-calc.