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Originally Posted by AOII_LB93
I'm also wondering if our society doesn't encourage helicoptering in a way...granted I'm a HS teacher, but at all of the local elementary schools there are "class parents" and it's expected that the parents of all the kids show up and help out in some form or another. There's a message board and yahoo groups for the parents of the community where I live and for the particular schools. I don't have children yet, but I find this odd. Am I out of the ordinary?
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I think this is pretty regular procedure to involve the parents in their child's school, and MBs and yahoogroups are just a facet added with the technology available.
As with everything, it's the people who use it. Some parents probably just use it to check when rehearsals for the spring play are, but some heliimoms & helidads are probably on it every day suggesting what the class should do.