Do you always go to parents evening with dh/dp if you have one?

[posieflump]

or go separately
It is first PE tonight and no babysitter so dh had gone on his own
Will he be odd all by himself?

No. We go on our own - whoever wants to babysit stays home.

no way

I wouldn't use a babysitting evening to attend a PARENT'S EVENING

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Nah, I often go on my own and you see loads of others on their own too. Not a big deal!

same as expat. IME most kids have just one parent there. especially at primary school

i usually go
one of us has to look after kids

phew
thanks guys
didn't fancy paying £6 an hour for a babysitter for a parents evening

Seperately. To difficult to get childcare. DH normally goes as he has little to do with school otherwise and he's better at translating teacher speak.

IMO the older they get the more you need both parents to hear the info. So in secondary school you def need both!

Apart from the Summer one, I go on my own - no-one to babysit. Children aren't allowed in school for the parents' evenings earlier in the year, so no choice really.

We both go to the Summer one because they call it a celebration evening and invite the children along to celebrate their achievements. It's quite nice.

So far yes, we go together. We normally arrange for a swap with a friend whose DD is in same class re childcare, although last time PILs came over for evening, watched DD for us, and then we brought curry in for everyone afterwards.

At DD's school (primary) the parent's evenings are normally attended by both parents so far.

What they tell us is so little, and for such a short time, that we go separately. I have never been told anything that I didn't know already.

how does swapping with someone in the same class work though hulabbay?
doesn't the whole class need to go on the same night?

We generally go separately - difficult for us to get anyone to babysit for the 15 mins it takes (we live very close to school). Last time because DS was having a few problems we both went, and had to take both kids with us. Not something we will repeat in a hurry!!

We always go together and every time but once (when babysitter fell through and we dragged the dc along) in the past eight years have used it as a date night and gone out for dinner after. As we don't get out much, it's lovely.

I go alone, and dh looks after the kids. I'm a teacher so I speak the lingo, and that makes things easier, and rather faster!

Sometimes together , sometimes alone especially if daytime. If together we leave kids outside with a book.

alone. never been with dh. did send him once for a laugh, but he didn't ask the q's i wanted him to, so he's been sacked from the parent's evening job. some do go in pairs at our place, but don't think the teachers are bothered either way.

posieflump - at DD's school there are actually a choice of two days you can go. However a friend and I normally chose the same day to go. We request appointment times close together and then we take it in turns to watch the children. School don't bar children from the building here, so we wait outside the classroom, or downstairs were they serve drinks for parents.

ds1 in foundation stage and so far both dh and I have gone together. Asked a friend to look after him, fortunately said friend, her lad starts school this year and we will take it in turns, the evenings run over two days, so she can go one evening so I can mind the children and the next day we go and she minds.. this gets doubled up as a drink after the time slot to discuss with dh our thoughts amongst other things

We always go together. It is possible if you can't get a babysitter to have a straight after school appointment and your child goes into after school care club.

We always go together. It is possible if you can't get a babysitter to have a straight after school appointment and your child goes into after school care club.

dp's never been. I wish he would sometime as I always have to report back to him and there's inevitably something he wishes I'd said / asked about.

When the boys were little one of us would go to school and one babysit. But now usually the boys come with us and sit outside the classroom with their books/DS whatever whilst we both chat to teacher.

We like to both go because I work school hours now, so rarely get near the school otherwise, but dh is Chair of Govs so needs to be around Parents Eve anyway for interviews with any parents who want to speak to a Governor.

Our school welcome the child to parent evenings. We have always gone together unless one of us is working or ill.