limabean - i actually know of a potential employee who's mom called and complained about the salary JR was offered. she was quite upset that the company didn't think JR was worth more.
imagine how thrilled they were when mom informed them that JR couldn't come to work for that salary!
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Originally Posted by BrandiRhoades  Unfortunately it's in the classroom as well. I've had parents want to call or email to tell me about their children's issues with test-taking or to discuss why their child got a certain grade. I would have been humiliated if my mom had done that when I was in college. My mentor actually has started saying clearly at the beginning of classes that she will not talk to parents about classes. If you can't talk to her, then you don't need to be in college.
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and also in the dorms. parents frequently call and complain about the behavior of a roommate and want the housing staff to deal with telling the roommate and making it stop instead of the kid actually, you know, talking to the person themselves and trying to work it out.
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Originally Posted by NYCVeg Catubodoa...wtf? What if the kids went out to eat? It sounds like these aren't serious food allergies. (The kid would know if he carried an Epi-Pen, right? My 3 yo knows about her Epi-Pen, for Pete's sake.) I'm wondering if it's more "Oh, poor Precious can't sleep well if she has too much chocolate."
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i agree that many of the issues were probably more food preferences and intolerances vs actual allergies. however, after i got blindsided by the first phone call, i wouldn't engage in the conversation with the parents so i never really knew how serious things were.
for the OP - i hope all of these replies highlight for you how wonderful it is that you are teaching your child how to think for himself and how to handle things that may be harmful to him but innocuous to others. good job!
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