>I have three boys (5, 4, 1) and another baby on the way. I'll tell you: some of the crap these kids do is freaking boring. Seriously. The older two are in T-ball now, and the practices and games are just mind bogglingly uninteresting.
We always cringe in Europe about this thing in American movies/series, where its "so" important for the kid to have the parents be there for their school performance or game, especially when said kid is 12 or 15 or so.
In real life (at least here) most kids at that age would be enbarassed to be seen with their parents.
Sure, they like for parents to be there for some of the important stuff, but not most BS school functions or game practice.
As an US-ian, I agree with this. I take it the gp above means the Big events. For example as a kid I was only ever in one big school event, and graduations from highschool/college.
Well it's mostly teenagers you know, they want to be and look "independent", not to have their (embarrasingly dressed and outdated) parents cheer them up in school functions...
We always cringe in Europe about this thing in American movies/series, where its "so" important for the kid to have the parents be there for their school performance or game, especially when said kid is 12 or 15 or so.
In real life (at least here) most kids at that age would be enbarassed to be seen with their parents.
Sure, they like for parents to be there for some of the important stuff, but not most BS school functions or game practice.