To demand a parents evening meeting when I next have to pick my son up?

[OnlyParentsAreReal]

I was informed today at pick up that it's parents evening tomorrow (first time I'm hearing of this) and my time slot is 7.15pm! I immediately said that wasn't possible as that is past my son's bed time to which they replied "oh well". There are a few things I've been meaning to bring up with them anyway and my son isn't in tomorrow. Would I be unreasonable to demand a parent's evening meeting next time Im there for pick up?

This is boring now.

You are an only parent, and single parent and a lone parent simultaneously, by those definitions. Presumably the biological father of your child is a donor, dead or does not have parental responsibility and is absent for some other reason.

So I guess the point of that is to emphasis that you can't make evening appointments as you'd have to bring your child along. Are you totally sure that you're meant to bring the child to the appointment as that is quite unusual.

My apologies if that isn't you but I remember a very long thread about a 'only parent' and 'my child doesn't have family except me and I don't want nursery/school to ever bring it up' kind of thing.

The OP was being really secretive about not saying why in RL or on the thread then when they eventually said what it was on the thread (as people were assuming fleeing DV/safeguarding situations) was that they had no extended family and they conceived by donor sperm.

The response on the thread was is that it? And the OP kept insisting that they had to be secretive (while simultaneously drawing attention to the issue) as their child would be disadvantaged and when they were told that really no-one cared, they got the thread deleted.

If that is you or you are in a similar situation- people honestly don't care about how your child was conceived.

Single parent is a parent not married or with the father. Lone parent is if no partner is living with you and is a legal/official term. Both can, and usually does, mean the child has another parent.

So what is an only parent?

Biologically speaking a child will always have 1 father and 1-3 mothers

Biologically a child has up to 3 mothers?

But if you said: 'Only parents are allowed in the playground' for example that would mean no other group are allowed.
If you said 'Lone parents(or single parents) are allowed in the playground' that doesn't mean no other group is allowed.
So your username actually means that only parents are real and no-one else is.
Excuse me now, I have a wall to go and bang my head against.

Only I’m slightly confused as to why you even started the thread.

This isn’t a difficult or uncommon problem...

However, this is what you do:

*Very, very politely call or email the pre- school.

*Apologise for not being able to attend the proposed meeting.

*Nicely request a meeting on another day, before x time in the evening.

I guarantee every single parent on this thread had had to do this at least once during their child’s school career.

This is such a non problem.

This is such a non problem.

Quite. You wonder how people ever manage to leave the house or make any decisions about anything on their own if they need advice on how to manage such a trivial situation.

Soupdragon don't even go there. For my sanity and for the repose of the soul of my poor old (long dead) English teacher I chose to ignore that one But I am sure there will now be an 'explanation' forthcoming

“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.”

Kinda like this, OP?

No that's not me.

I explained earlier what an only parent is.

A 3 person baby requires 2 women and if a surrogate is used, or embryo adoption, genetic traces of the birth mother can be found up to 10 years old (possibly more but there hasn't been much research done) but the effect will be present for life

Can we get your dictionary on Kindle op?

bah read the posts directly below you ...

How can you have 1-3 mothers? I've never said it before but...are you high? You don't make sense.

Talk about making life complicated for yourself!

Oh and I am a single parent. Have been since ds was born with no contact since he was a week old. I still think the only parent thing is really bizzare!

Paperback?

I have and still you are wrong in your interpretation of so many words and phrases and context doesn't seem to register at all in your version of the English language.
That's not just my opinion but that of the large majority of posters on this thread.
Just because you have explained what you actually mean by your choice of words/phrases does not mean they are now in the correct form and we have all been wrong all these years.

Demanding a Parents' Evening meeting - "I want a Parents' Evening meeting, when it suits ME, and you HAVE to give me one!!" - a forceful or aggressive insistence on getting what you want.

Asking for a Parents' Evening meeting - "I'm afraid I only found out just now about the Parents' Evening, and so I couldn't come - could I make an appointment for another time, to talk about how my child is getting on? Thanks" - a much more polite and less confrontational approach.

And no, of course On Demand TV is not cross, nor is a demanding job a nasty one - but in the context of requesting something, a demand is aggressive and confrontational, and asking is more polite. I'm afraid your command of the English language is not as good as you think it is, if you think 'ask' and 'demand' are the same in meaning and tone.

My apologies if that isn't you but I remember a very long thread about a 'only parent' and 'my child doesn't have family except me and I don't want nursery/school to ever bring it up' kind of thing.

I remember that one.

But you said '1-3 mothers' not 1-2' !!
and please for the love of God don't bother answering ...I'll buy the book.

Since when does paying taxes equate to having the right to demand things?

And the answer as to why so many teachers are leaving the profession is highlighted perfectly in your post