Stop holding my hand, I'm an adult!

[2017ReasonsToMoan]

Text from school to parents:

"Don't forget school reopens Thursday 5th January at 0845"

Is it any wonder adults are behaving more and more like children when responsibilities are not expected of them?

We get the holiday list. The weekly reminders in the newsletter. Now a text in the middle of my holiday.

If I'm so irresponsible to need this, you can bet your ass I'll have forgotten again by Thursday. Why bother?

Ahhh.

That felt good.

Good point anotheronebitthedust. OP should also factor into the equation the pleasure she has derived from feeling superior to all those others who appreciate a reminder. It's win win really.

I used to see it as a trial run.

If only all grown ups were as grown up as you op
I run a nursery and it doesn't matter how many letters, notes on doors, emails and text messages I send there are ALWAYS children who miss out because their parents say " I didn't know, nobody told me"

I even had one parent tell the ofsted inspector she didn't know how her child was doing at nursery because she doesn't come to parents evenings and deletes the text and email messages without reading them.

I can't wait to hear OP's 2,016 other reasons to moan...

OP, you are being utterly ridiculous, and by being so smug you are not showing any intelligence.

Well done you for being 100% sure that there is no inset day tomorrow. Well done for having your kids living under 1 roof, not being divorced and having all the information in one place. Well done you for not living at the border of 2 or 3 counties with different school holidays. (so your kids in Primary school not having the same days off than the ones in Secondary for example).

Schools can't win, either they try to inform too much, or not enough.

Pat yourself on the back for being so amazing, always keep on top of things, and never failing to reply to a party invite or send a card. Seriously, be proud of yourself. No one else give a shit how brilliant you are though.

I went out on a date once with a man who insisted on holding my elbow as we crossed the road. Needless to say, we never met up again and he was at odds to understand why. That's holding hands when it isn't necessary.

I think schools like to cover all eventualities. Most do not send out letters anymore, to cut down on costs. Some parents will not have access to the internet. Personally, I like these reminders, especially when it comes to an inset day or a non uniform day.

Tomorrow was originally an inset day for DS2 special school, that was cancelled and now an inset day again. Reminder texts are great when they cannot make their bloody minds up.

2017reasonstomoan are you looking for 2017 things to moan about?

Our term dates on one website are wrong!!!! I looked them up and thought the children were going back on Tue, on the online calendar (not the list) it says non-pupil day that day, so now back Wed.

It is far from clear for parents, so a clarifying text isn't a bad thing, is it! In the days before non-pupil days randomly scattered, dates were more predictable and the same for all schools, this is now not the case.

I like texts from schools/GP/dentist/EasyJet/Next/EE. If I know the information they are telling me, I patmyself on the back for managing to keep all the balls in the air and remember stuff!

If I don't know it-I am pleased they've told me.

I hvd three children at different schools and I work at another-term dates vary and it's good to be 100% sure.

""We get lots of texts from school, about kids wearing proper uniform, bringing dinner money/applying for free meals, ""

When I first went on to benefits (after being a Carer/Widowed), if you were on IS, you automatically got FSM. They changed it, to you having to apply, yearly. I had to be told this by my middle DDs school (via a phone call), my youngest (SEN) got them regardless.

Not knowing how to negotiate the benefit system doesn't make you a better Parent.

However, some Parents do struggle, for a variety of reasons, disability, LDs, marriage breakup, severe illness etc. Why use technology, to make life easier?

God, I'm so grateful for the school holding my hand.

They don't put this information on their website, and I'm one of those heinously chaotic people that has to post on Facebook asking other parents when the school trip is that I paid for 3 months ago, whether they'll need a pack up, and what time the bus is bringing them back.

It doesn't make me stupid, just busy and fashionably disorganised. My kids are still alive

The school I work at and my DD attends gives a calendar to all students and teachers at the start of the year. It has all holidays, parent conferences, swimming gala, sports day etc dates on it. The weekly newsletter sent to all parents has upcoming dates on it.

Does this stop parents asking on our year group WhatsApp group asking when things are?

Dramatic Pause

No.

You could ask the school to remove your number from their text reminder service if you hate to be reminded of things so much.

I haven't had a text reminder yet from our schools ..disappointed

It's nice that we get reminders. People's lives are so busy juggling everything and things do slip under the radar.

My DCs are at different schools, returning variously this Thursday morning and next Monday evening (boarding). Their half term hols are at diff times, their Easter hols only overlap by one week... I would actually love to receive reminder messages by text!

It's just being done to avoid the "nobody told me" group. I bet it's also on a newsletter and an email to avoid all the reasons given for not sending their kids to school because they didn't know the date: "my internet is broken/ I can't open attachments / I lost my phone / I ran out of credit / I missed that text / I changed number / my son didn't give me the letter / the letter got lost / the letter was all ripped / the letter got thrown out with the Christmas cards"

Schools are judged on the attendance of their students, so it's no surprise they do what they can to get them in. There was a thread before the holidays with quite a few parents saying how they were happy for their kids to take the last day / 2 days / 3 days / week off school and just phone in to say they are ill. So if that is replicated across the country you can see why they are trying to pre-empt all the January excuses!

I am (ultra) organised.
However once I forgot dress down day.

I was walking to school with DD, carrying the chocolate for her to hand in, and also carrying the box to collect all the donations in because I was on the PTA , when I realised DD was in her uniform!

ghostspirit 2016 to go...!

I wonder if some of the parents here look at any school letters. They use items for sale pages on f.b to ask everything.

Meh, whatever, go ahead and feel offended if it makes you feel better. I've got 2 school newsletters stuck to my fridge, one says kids go back tomorrow, one says it's Wednesday (one for each child at the same school). No idea what the website says but going by past experience I wouldn't trust it anyway. I had to ask at the school office the correct date.

A reminder would be welcome and wouldn't make me feel patronised.

I get texts to remind me of appointments all the time. Dentist, doctor, nail bar, hairdressers, garage etc. The only place that doesn't send reminders is the osteopath. I forgot all about my appointment on the 30th and failed to go. If i has been sent a reminder i would have gone or cancelled. I am a very responsible person but on this occasion was just busy wth family stuff and it went clean out my head.

My DD’s school sent us reminders all the time - usually by e mail and well as a weekly rundown of events happening. It was great as i never could remember when parents night was. I don’t think the school does these things to be patronising, i think they do it to be helpful.

Thecatsarecrazy
The 'delete if not aloud' gang :)

YABU some people do need reminding. I can't tell you how many people on my FB say at the end of holidays "do school's go back tomorrow or Tuesday?"