Why is it sometimes ok for dads to be gone so much?

[MikeWaters]

it's not necessarily SU's fault if his daughter got bad grades.

I doubt SU was there doing her homework and gave her wrong answers.

In just my own family we go from MD to "might eventually get an associate's". I don't know if there is anyone to blame, or even if blame is appropriate.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by creekster

I wonder if we will be on the board long enough to see your children make such choices so we can evaluate you by their performance.

btw, I've been wondering, how did the ward turn out for your son at Hopkins?

[myboynoah]

Originally Posted by creekster

I wonder if we will be on the board long enough to see your children make such choices so we can evaluate you by their performance.

or at least cast aspersions at their choices.

[creekster]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

btw, I've been wondering, how did the ward turn out for your son at Hopkins?

A long and complicated story. Are you really interested? If so I will BM the story to you.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by creekster

A long and complicated story. Are you really interested? If so I will BM the story to you.

Yes, I am interested.

[SeattleUte]

Originally Posted by Levin

I totally agree with this. What's fascinating, is exploring why that may be.

This is a potential hidden cost of the traditional (by that I mean the mid-twentieth century traditional) arrangement advocated by Sister Beck that never gets addressed. But our whole society's orientation is toward valuing mother-child bond more than father-child. It's an insidious form of reverse sexism you see everywhere.

[SteelBlue]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

btw, I've been wondering, how did the ward turn out for your son at Hopkins?

I think my youngest brother will be joining him out there post mission.

[SeattleUte]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

it's not necessarily SU's fault if his daughter got bad grades.

I doubt SU was there doing her homework and gave her wrong answers.

In just my own family we go from MD to "might eventually get an associate's". I don't know if there is anyone to blame, or even if blame is appropriate.

I would definitely call saying something had gone horribly wrong when the kid goes to Washington State a form of "milestone paranoia."

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

I would definitely call saying something had gone horribly wrong when the kid goes to Washington State a form of "milestone paranoia."

for an elitist like you, your kid going to WSU is like an East Coast family sending their kid to Tennessee-Chatanooga.

It's a mystery.

[creekster]

Originally Posted by SteelBlue

I think my youngest brother will be joining him out there post mission.

Let me know if you want any info. What will he be studying?