How 'supportive' would you be?

If I were in your shoes, I think I'll do the same. I watched high school musical too,I myself was glued in the Disney channel that night and If I had a daughter I would be sad for her if she had not been able to see that.:) maybe most of moms here would not agree..I am not yet a mom but I think those small pleasures..I can't deny my daughter.

So good of your daughter to tell you honestly what she feels and why she's so sad..:)you see? she deserve it for being such a sweet and honest girl.

No you didnt do anything wrong, any mother would have done the same thing! Especially with the knee, I personally would have done it even if my daughter wasnt hurt=) We watched High School Musical 1 and 2 together! So YES I know how big of a event the HSM2 was and my daughters only 5 and she was waiting for it so excited as soon as we had heard they were making a 2nt movie!=) So dont think that you did anything wrong, those little (sneaky) moments are the ones that our children will remember for a long time, and hopefully you will too!

What you did was to create a memory with your daughter. And that is worth much more than the actual movie she wanted to see and worth more than staying that night in the school. The movie will be forgotten, she'll leave the school one day. . .but the memories of time spent with family will last a lifetime.

I would have done the same thing! I am a sucker for sad faces and tears. It was not a total lie you did take her to the doctor! And best of all your daughter will remember how you took her feelings into consideration! I hope she enjoyed the movie and appreciated your reaction, it will be a good memory for the future! You will always have that remember when we..........! lol

I think I would have done the same. Now you have a special memory for the two of you. She will always remember how you whisked her away from school to see High School Musical 2 on a weekend that she was not supposed to come home. It is good that you also go her knee looked at too!

I would have done the same thing. 10 years from now you'll both look back and smile at the memory.

You should see the lengths I went to so my girls could see High School Musical 2. We do not get the Disney channel. One friend of my younger daughter was going to have a group of friends over to watch it, which left my older daughter feeling left out. Her friend was away and was going to be watching on a small tv in a camper. Then the younger daughter's friend said she had to tape it because she had a soccer game.

So what did I do? My neighbours have a satellite dish so I knew they had to get the channel. I didn't think about this until after they had left for the weekend. My younger daughter was cat-sitting for them so I just told my girls to go over there and watch it. I sent them over earlier in the day to find the channel so they weren't looking for it at the last minute. They watched it, and I even went over and watched the last 20 minutes or so.

We always have our neighbour's key, and they have ours. I had every intention of asking them, but they left before I could. I know they wouldn't have minded. I have gone over to use their computer when mine has been on the fritz. They are so okay with this kind of stuff. It's just unfortunate they didn't have a VCR so we could have a tape of it. LOL!

I don't think what you did was wrong. There was a lot of moaning and groaning going on around here before the movie as well. I probably would have done the same thing in your shoes, if I had access to the channel.

i would have so done the same thing for my daughter whether her knee was hurting or not.. i have a 6 year old daughter and she is im telling you obseesed with highschoolmiscial.. her name is gabrielle so she thinks that her name is actually gabriela and she says that "troy bolton" is her bofriend etc etc.. shes mesmoriezed all the songs and moves and watches the first one wheneever she can.. i too liked highschool musical and of course counted down the days with her as to when the seond one was going to air.. we sat there and wtched it un interruppted just the two f us on the couch with nothing but the tv on... if there wsa some chance that she may not have been able to wacth it and i coldnt do anything about it i would have recorded it for her.. but yes i would have so done the sme thing for her. i think that you were just beuing a mother.. all of us want to do what makes our children happy and we hte seeing htem hurt...

I think that was a good way to solve the problem, although I would have advised her not to run toand if she ran it would make it look like it wasn't that bad off.

But maybe it was a little deceitful, but heck I don't think it was that big of a deal....

I think the warden made an executive decision, I just wonder how resentful the rest of the girls are going to be.

Mooch

Well I am not a parent but I am sure that I would not have lied to a school official just so my child could watch a movie that will re-air sixty times in its many different forms(i.e sing-along) before coming out on DVD. Being upset about not getting to watch something on TV is nothing compared to real life so she will have to learn to deal with disappointments in life eventually. Giving in to her temper tantrum ( as thats what it amounts to) is just going to make it worse. I work with children on a daily basis and, though it is unfortunate, I sometimes have to tell them no, as they can not always do or have everything that they want.