Quote Originally Posted by Edwina's Secretary
Okay. So will mommy and the media be there when he gets fired for violating company policy? Pranking? Will mommy set up a meeting to talk to his boss?

People need to accept the consequence of their actions. Missing graduation does not strike me as that serious of a consequence. He can put on the cap and gown and mommy can take his photo.

I deal with these people in the workplace all the time.

He sounds to me like a Paris Hilton in training...
LOL What?

So if the school called you up and said your child did this and that and this and that..... you wouldn't set up any kind of meeting with the teacher or principal to discuss the issues at hand? No one ever said the mother was trying to get the child out of punishment.... she was trying to see if there was a more appropriate punishment for the crime..... from what I can tell that is what makes your child YOUR child... YOU should deal with their issues and not just leave the teachers hanging out in the wind to deal with their issues and say "Oh well his problems are his own" Now that in no way suggests you should try to get your child out of any and all punishment but I definitely think a parent should be very active in their childs school life and punishment.

After 18 their mistakes are their own.... before 18 (mature or not) their mistakes are still your responsibility so you should do whatever you can to get to the bottom of their behaviour. Did the mother go about it the right way? Maybe she did maybe she didn't... we weren't at the meeting. But to say she was just trying to get him out of paying any consequences is a little presumptuous wouldn't you say?