Initiation GPA to a sorority

[katydidKD]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

The OP makes it sound as though her daughter is incapable of asking these questions herself because she is in high school. I find it hard to believe that a 17-18 year old girl doesn't know how to use the phone and/or internet.

When she asks you these questions, say to her, "Try calling the school's Greek Life office. They should give you all of that information," or ask her, "Have you searched for any information online?" Finding out all the answers for her isn't "being a good mother." It's ok to help where she needs it. Give her the phone number to the Greek Life office... Direct her to Greekchat where she can ask questions of other sorority members... But don't do the work for her. If you keep that up, she'll never learn to do these things on her own.



Exactly.

But why do you care about her mothering philosophy?

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by katydidKD

But why do you care about her mothering philosophy?

For the same reason that you care about what we care about.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by katydidKD

But why do you care about her mothering philosophy?

I'm just trying to help her out. If her daughter is going to be in college soon, she needs to let go and realize that her daughter needs to start doing these things for herself.

Otherwise, she'll be back here in September, starting a new thread, rambling on and on about how her darlibg daughter didn't get a bid to the "top tier" sorority, and she'll be wondering how that could have possibly happened! And like always, we'll say things like, "We don't know," and, "Let your daughter freak out on the internet herself (if she so chooses)."

We've seen it happen too many times.

[katydidKD]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

I'm just trying to help her out. If her daughter is going to be in college soon, she needs to let go and realize that her daughter needs to start doing these things for herself.

Otherwise, she'll be back here in September, starting a new thread, rambling on and on about how her darlibg daughter didn't get a bid to the "top tier" sorority, and she'll be wondering how that could have possibly happened! And like always, we'll say things like, "We don't know," and, "Let your daughter freak out on the internet herself (if she so chooses)."

We've seen it happen too many times.

Understandable, I just don't get why certain people feel the need to be so unnecessarily rude.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by katydidKD

Understandable, I just don't get why certain people feel the need to be so unnecessarily rude.

Shut up, idiot.

There ya go.

[katydidKD]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Shut up, idiot.

There ya go.

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Shut up, idiot.

There ya go.

Originally Posted by katydidKD

lol @ botha y'all.

[ASTalumna06]

Also.. If daughter hasn't even asked these questions yet, and mom is already looking for answers for her, it makes me wonder if mom wants this more than daughter does..