[FSUZeta]

[QUOTE=AnchorAlumna;2457939]Hardly any moms were there in my day, but it's become a huge deal at Alabama and Ole Miss.
Personally, I think it's all kinds of stupid. You don't see your daughter but a few minutes - they're eager to be with their new friends and will be going off on retreat right away. If you live close enough, that's one thing, but people are buying plane tickets and hotel rooms.
The girls usually get some gifts from the sorority - shirts, bags, stuff - and the parents get a bill.
Even the "bid day packages" are ridiculous - $50 for junk with letters. I tell moms to save their money and buy a gift for a more meaningful time - initiation. And what if the kid decides she hates sorority life and quits? You're out that money.
All part of the recruitment week hysteria![/QUOTE/]

Yes! When my daughter pledged ZTA, I purposely chose not to go. I wanted her to be with her new sisters and not feel obligated to spend time with me. I sent her some flowers.

I did attend initiation, and pinned my badge on her. I gave her a crown link bracelet that I had received at my initiation and took her and her big sisters( quota was lower her freshman year) out to lunch the next day.