Moms & Recruitment

[FSUZeta]

have you gone on the panhellenic website for your daughter's school? does panhellenic extend an invitation to parents to join their daughters on bid day?

Where is your daughter getting her information, that parents attend bid day? did she hear about that during her orientation? was it in information she received about recruitment?

parents do not typically attend bid day activities at my daughter's school, so i made the decision not to show up on bid day. even though it appeared that she would end up pledging the zta chapter at her school, i did not want to put any pressure on her, in case it did not work out that way. it also helped that we live 12 hours away, so it would have been a calculated plan to be there. she did join zta and i attended her initiation. looking back, i think that if i had attended bid day when the majority of parents were not there, it would have been an awkward situation for her(a brand new member, who is going to feel awkward enough until she gets to know her brand new sisters) and for me. she had enough to deal with, without me being there.

[LadyLonghorn]

There are some moms at the initial bid day celebrations at the houses at Texas but your daughter will be far from alone without you. Although I'm sure it varies between groups, a lot of the moms present seem to have a legacy relationship or are involved alumnae or local. I'm sure there are more moms around behind the scenes especially waiting to console daughters.

Again, although things vary by house, there isn't a huge long event at each house at least compared to places like Bama etc. So the part where moms would be present wouldn't usually be the biggest part of the day.

All the PNMs will gather to receive their bids. Then they get to come back to the house to have some fun with their new sisters. Usually it involves food, games, photos, getting gifts, going on an outing etc, but the activities vary by chapter. A lot of chapters will take their new members back to their residence hall to change into something more comfortable once the photos are taken and things are ready to get more casual. Then it's off to an off site event.