Hello! New and Needing help! :D (Mother/Daughter sorority)

[amIblue?]

GSU is a commuter campus heavy on the nontraditional student smack dab in the middle of Atlanta, so it's possible to attend there and not be aware of the usual things with which traditional students at traditional campi would be familiar. There are NPC sororities on their campus.

I'm also fairly certain their English department teaches students not make words plural by adding apostrophe s.

[als463]

Originally Posted by amIblue?

GSU is a commuter campus heavy on the nontraditional student smack dab in the middle of Atlanta, so it's possible to attend there and not be aware of the usual things with which traditional students at traditional campi would be familiar. There are NPC sororities on their campus.

I'm also fairly certain their English department teaches students not make words plural by adding apostrophe s.

See, I always associated many of the schools down south with being aware of Greek life. I guess that's my mistake. I was thrown off by the fact it was in Atlanta. What do you mean about the department teaching not to make words plural by adding apostrophe s? I mean, did I write something like that or did she?

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by als463

See, I always associated many of the schools down south with being aware of Greek life. I guess that's my mistake. I was thrown off by the fact it was in Atlanta. What do you mean about the department teaching not to make words plural by adding apostrophe s? I mean, did I write something like that or did she?

She did. I went back and pulled her post to find it for you.

Originally Posted by adeleilori

It's clearly obvious that I know NOTHING about sorority's

There were other issues in that post that I found glaring from someone claiming to be a professional writer, but I'm positively allergic to making a word plural by adding apostrophe s.

[WCsweet<3]

Wow. I go skiing for one day and see what I almost missed?

My family was large. We had six boys and one girl (me). While it was testosterone all the time, I never needed extra time with mother. When I wanted something from her, or was sick of all the boys, we could go off and do something, often it was volunteering or gardening. Being an alumna of a sorority, I would have found it weird to have my mother make fake sorority or a club just for the two of us. I actually think it would have hurt our bond instead of strengthen it. It would have seemed almost smothering to me. Instead, encourage your daughter to be involved and to do well in school. There are many resources for you to see what Greek Life is all about and what it means to be in a sorority. That way, if and when your daughter goes to college and if and when she wants to go through recruitment you are prepared and can encourage her the best way you can with all the knowledge you have.

[DubaiSis]

All of this is very much contingent on why she has chosen to home school her kids. There are quite a few valid reasons - remote location, lousy local public school system and can't afford private, very transient lifestyle, unusually bright kid who you want to keep on target. And then there's the so religious that you can't possibly put your children in satan's mighty grip by having them be in public and god forbid meet any of satan's followers, i.e. the rest of the world. I've known kids in a couple of these scenarios. Some survived and some, god help them, they're ruined for life.

If I were to hazard a guess, this situation is the latter, and she thought she'd start a sorority of 2 to appease the daughter who's starting to get itchy about this lifestyle. And if I'm right, no suggestions of Girl Scouts, Rainbow Girls, Camp Fire Girls, Indian Guides (are they still around?), club sports, camp, are all a waste of breath.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

All of this is very much contingent on why she has chosen to home school her kids. There are quite a few valid reasons - remote location, lousy local public school system and can't afford private, very transient lifestyle, unusually bright kid who you want to keep on target. And then there's the so religious that you can't possibly put your children in satan's mighty grip by having them be in public and god forbid meet any of satan's followers, i.e. the rest of the world. I've known kids in a couple of these scenarios. Some survived and some, god help them, they're ruined for life.

If I were to hazard a guess, this situation is the latter, and she thought she'd start a sorority of 2 to appease the daughter who's starting to get itchy about this lifestyle. And if I'm right, no suggestions of Girl Scouts, Rainbow Girls, Camp Fire Girls, Indian Guides (are they still around?), club sports, camp, are all a waste of breath.

You posted exactly what I was thinking!

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

. . . Indian Guides (are they still around?) . . .

Yes, but that's the father-son group. The father-daughter group is Indian Princesses, at least around here.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Yes, but that's the father-son group. The father-daughter group is Indian Princesses, at least around here.

I was an Indian Princess many many moons ago! I think my indian name was Leaping Fox. I have no idea if they still do that, but it is a little non-PC. I loved getting my feathers, though.

BTW, this stopped being about direct communitcation with the mom a LONNNNNG time ago.

[Old_Row]

Maybe they could form a sorority with the Duggar girls?

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by Old_Row

Maybe they could form a sorority with the Duggar girls?

At least they'd have sufficient numbers.

[DZsis&mom]

They could be the Kappa Epsilon Alpha Sorority (aka KEA: Keep Everyone Away)

[33girl]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

And if I'm right, no suggestions of Girl Scouts, Rainbow Girls, Camp Fire Girls, Indian Guides (are they still around?), club sports, camp, are all a waste of breath.

Originally Posted by adeleilori

She has been a member of other girls clubs and loves them, but I guess 9 is about that age, when mommy becomes very important and she's wanting us to do things together.

What the "other girls clubs" are, I don't know.

[PiAlphaGammaFM]

if the OP really feels her daughter needs more female interaction and she is too busy to provide it there is always *gasp* public school.

if sororities were meant for children then they would have been created for children.

i also find this really disturbing.... if you feel the need to create and exclusive 'club' for you and your child to bond then your parenting skills leave something to be desired. (I am not a parent, but i have excellent parents and am working towards a career in mental health/social work)

[AlphaFrog]

I don't think she's coming back.

[DubaiSis]

I do remember it was a father/daughter thing but I'm pretty sure we were still called Indian Guides. Maybe we were a little ahead of our time... that was not a terribly long-lived activity for me. I'm sure my Dad thought he could squeeze it in but couldn't.