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From the pictures, you can tell a lot of the kids are either laughing, or trying not to laugh. They're in on the joke. There are no hurt feelings. Obviously if this is something that would hurt your kid's feelings, then its not the type of silly picture to take on the first day of school.
When I see photographs connected to articles like this I suspect that most are "posed and planned" photos taken by professional photographers. Look at how high in the air most of those parents are jumping. Even if a typical parent could jump that high it would be pretty amazing to be able to catch them mid-jump in a regular snapshot taking by their spouse or neighbor.
Its still a joke, even if you don't find it funny.
There is nothing "crass" about parents sending their children off to school. It doesn't mean the parents hate their children, don't like spending time with them, or whatever other wild thing some of the posters are coming up with to put down these parents. Its a normal thing that a lot of parents do each and every fall.
What is so wrong with these families wanting to have a little fun, and relieve some back to school stress? I get that it wouldn't help alleviate any stress for your children, but that is why you wouldn't take such a picture. Other families are different and enjoy goofing around with each other and taking these types of silly pictures. I'm sure there are plenty of things that you do in your family that wouldn't work in mine. But I wouldn't call you crass for it.... Different strokes for different folks, right?
Can't we just enjoy the fact that parents are having fun with their children without getting all judgmental over it?
And considering I'm not one of the posters getting bothered by a joke, family pictures taken in good fun, I'm not really understanding why you think I'm the one who needs to chill.
You need to chill bc NOBODY was bothered by the joke.
When I see photographs connected to articles like this I suspect that most are "posed and planned" photos taken by professional photographers. Look at how high in the air most of those parents are jumping. Even if a typical parent could jump that high it would be pretty amazing to be able to catch them mid-jump in a regular snapshot taking by their spouse or neighbor.
I thought it was just me. You can easily edit that though, or angle a camera to make it look like higher. If they are professional, the professionals need to go back to training because they aren't good quality. But I was thinking...man they must all be cheerleading coaches. Id get like 2 inches off the ground and my boobs would hit me in the face.
You need to chill bc NOBODY was bothered by the joke.
You're hallucinating offended people.
Oh? Here's what I said on a different forum when someone posted "no on said. . ." (edited for relevancy to this thread):
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Originally Posted by Katarina Witt
Maybe we should start a thread about "Pet Peeves on CD". MY pet peeve is that with any contentious topic, on any forum of CD, someone will come along and say "No one said 'XYZ' ", when a post with 'XYZ' is a few posts upthread.
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Originally Posted by HighFlyingBird
My kids would be heartbroken if I did that. But they both had anxiety about starting so it would be very hurtful to them. They were even happy about going back, just anxious. They also would feel sad if they felt like I was happy to get rid of them.
I know it's meant as a joke...I tend not to like jokes at the expense of kids. But perhaps all the kids enjoyed it.
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Originally Posted by somebodynew
OMG. You only joke like this if your kids know it is a joke and also think it is funny. Sometimes being too serious can actually increase anxiety and hurt.
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Originally Posted by HighFlyingBird
People are allowed not to find jokes funny. Not everyone has the same sense of humor. And many people find some types of humor crass. So chill.
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Originally Posted by Ms.Mathlete
Eh. Even if I'm relieved on the inside to get back to the structure and order of the school year (and not be paying out the nose for day camp anymore), there's just no way I'd hurt their feelings by making a BFD about it.
I thought it was just me. You can easily edit that though, or angle a camera to make it look like higher. If they are professional, the professionals need to go back to training because they aren't good quality. But I was thinking...man they must all be cheerleading coaches. Id get like 2 inches off the ground and my boobs would hit me in the face.
The pictures are obviously staged and possibly photoshopped as well.
I was getting ready to take my beautiful #1 son back to college, I begged him to let me take a nice picture of him that morning, and this is what I got...
Oh gosh, I love my children to pieces, but it's really nice to have time alone. I've been a mom for twenty-one years, and I not feeling the least bit guilty about relishing the quickly approaching empty nest stage. After they're all gone for a few years, I'll be ready to dive back in with grandchildren, but for now, this is heaven.
Lighten up folks. "Crass"? Really? My guess is these very same parents that have the audacity to celebrate the beginning of the school year, also celebrate the end of the school year and spend a fair amount of time in their children's schools. It is not reflective of how much (little?) you care about or enjoy being with your kids. Please. If you enjoy a vacation does it mean you necessarily hate your job? Or, as RP mentioned, enjoying your spouse being away on a business trip doesn't indicate a troubled marriage.
I'm thinking so, too. I really do adore my children, and I enjoy spending time with them, but it's a joy to see them launching into their own independent lives. I expected to be torn up when my second left for college, but I was a lot less grief-stricken than I thought I'd be.
It's funny now when I see the kindergarten cry-in at the elementary school down the street. Yes, that's a thing. I just want to shake them and tell them that this is a good transition and that their children will thrive in school. But looking back, I recognize that it's a stage we all have to experience. Maybe because I'm older, I can see the humor in those photographs. It's not so emotional to me at this stage, and I know how great it is not to have young children talking your ear off all darn day.
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Reason: typos -- apparently I can't type or proofread effectively today
I do recall quite a hue and cry among the parents at my kids' elementary school (long after they were out, mind you) when the school scheduled an inservice day the day kids were supposed to go back to school after winter break. The principal explained it was the only day they could get the speaker and she thought that parents would like the extra day for "travel". The district has since harmonized the inservice days school to school and put them in the calendar at the beginning of the year. No more "site based management", ie, letting the schools wing it individually.
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