I'm so glad my parents never did this to me

@boiboing (13147)
Northampton, England
December 12, 2015 5:10pm CST
I wrote earlier today about a lady we were talking to at the airport. She was about to fly to Geneva for a ski-holiday. Her son was sitting at the table with his head on his arms looking like he wished the earth would open up and swallow him up. The mum revealed that she, her husband and their elder son were gate-crashing the younger son's school ski trip. They had found a bargain deal for the same budget hotel that the school had booked and decided to tag along. She proudly told me that they'd got the deal for much less than the school was paying. I cannot think of anything that would have embarrassed me more as a school kid than having my entire family show up on my school trip. Something like this would have probably had me asking for a transfer to another school (or to be adopted). School trips are about getting AWAY from your family, not having them tag along and embarrass you.
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Reine25
@Lucky15 (37391)
• Philippines
12 Dec 15
Aww. The xhild was embarrased while the parenta are.proud. tsk.
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marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
13 Dec 15
Of course the boy was embarrased with what his parents were saying.
AbbyGreenhill
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
12 Dec 15
That doesn't seem right to me.
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marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
13 Dec 15
It does not seem right to me either, bad parents.
marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
13 Dec 15
They are doing the young man any favors and should have thought about this more as the boy doesn't want his parents around on this trip. He will be so embarassed and ridiculed by his peers.
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marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
14 Dec 15
@boiboing I feel very sorry for this fella and his parent should know better.
Boingboing
@boiboing (13147)
• Northampton, England
13 Dec 15
Yes, Exactly.
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Wendy789
@Drosophila (16568)
• Ireland
13 Dec 15
I would fake an illness and ask to stay AT home..that would be one of the occasions where lying might actually get you out of this nightmare.
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (14802)
• Ireland
12 Dec 15
@boiboing My kids would have just refused to go, in fact they would probably have told me they were going to Jamaica just in case I got any funny ideas about tagging along. That's absolutely disgraceful to do that to your child. Make sure you enjoy Morocco.
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fishtiger58
@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
13 Dec 15
Aww the poor kid. I guess his parents just don't get it.
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marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
13 Dec 15
Something is wrong with parents like that.
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fishtiger58
@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
13 Dec 15
@Marcyaz I think so, it's a good way to get their kid to not like them. I would never do that to my kids.
celticeagle
@celticeagle (189988)
• Boise, Idaho
13 Dec 15
This is weird on so many levels.
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marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
13 Dec 15
It is really weird.
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Boingboing
@boiboing (13147)
• Northampton, England
13 Dec 15
That's how I feel too.
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Silvermist
@silvermist (19701)
• India
13 Dec 15
@boiboing What sort of parents would do such a thing.Shame on them.
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Silvermist
@silvermist (19701)
• India
17 Dec 15
@boiboing I wonder whether this is the first time they did this.
Boingboing
@boiboing (13147)
• Northampton, England
13 Dec 15
That's what I think. Very insensitive. I wonder that they can't remember what it was like to be a teenager and to want to fit in.
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Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 Dec 15
yeah seems like they really ruined it for him
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Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 Dec 15
@boiboing he probably did want the earth to open up and swallow him.
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Boingboing
@boiboing (13147)
• Northampton, England
13 Dec 15
He looked like he wanted the earth to open up and swallow him.
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pgn
@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
13 Dec 15
I sincerely hope the one on the school trip gets some time away from his family on the trip... Or that the parents at least do other things and don't tag along on the same part of the piste...
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Boingboing
@boiboing (13147)
• Northampton, England
13 Dec 15
I fear that somebody might get pushed off a mountain.
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MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (91169)
• United States
13 Dec 15
That poor kid. Hope his whole trip wasn't completely ruined
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Carol Brown
@blitzfrick (2890)
• United States
13 Dec 15
As a kid, I always felt sorry for those kids whose parents volunteered to chaperone school functions.
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marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
13 Dec 15
@boiboing Right do not invite them to any of the school functions.
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Boingboing
@boiboing (13147)
• Northampton, England
13 Dec 15
I agree and 10000 per cent worse when they aren't part of the chaperone team, they're just tagging along independently. I hope the school don't invite them to join in with the activities.
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paigea
@paigea (36143)
• Canada
13 Dec 15
As a child I would have felt like you do. But I know many children love having their family along.
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Mari Juana
@marijuana (570)
• Tel Aviv, Israel
13 Dec 15
That's truly bad. I would surely be embarrassed as well if it was me.
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katsmeow1213
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
13 Dec 15
In our schools they generally ask as many parents to tag along as possible as extra chaperones, then the school doesn't have to pay staff to chaperone. A good majority of the parents do go along to help out which is great. I usually can't because of work and the other kids. If I could, my kids would be fine with it. Their whole class knows me as I'm already quite involved in school functions and fundraisers and it's a small town.
katsmeow1213
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
13 Dec 15
@boiboing Yes, around here it's the norm and kids want their parents to be involved because that's what is expected here. But I agree there are some situations where the parents need to butt out or take their trip at a different time.
Boingboing
@boiboing (13147)
• Northampton, England
13 Dec 15
I think if lots of parents did it, maybe it'd be OK. But if you're the only kid whose folks show up, you'd just hate it.
suzzy3
@suzzy3 (8341)
•
6 Jan 16
I feel so sorry for that boy how embarrassing for him. Those parents should know better.
suzzy3
@suzzy3 (8341)
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6 Jan 16
@boiboing It is enough to make the boy rebel badly. Like you say very tempted to give them a little shove.
Boingboing
@boiboing (13147)
• Northampton, England
6 Jan 16
I would be tempted to push them off an Alp.
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wiLLmaH
@wiLLmaH (8801)
• Singapore, Singapore
13 Dec 15
My parents will never bother to do that. They respect the time off of their children.
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Gary Marsh
@garymarsh6 (24051)
• United Kingdom
13 Dec 15
OMG talk about over bearing parents. Shame on them!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382542)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Dec 15
I don't know how people can be so insensitive at times. What on earth were they thinking? I think this is a pretty terrible thing to do to a child.
Cynthia Owens
@cindiowens (5120)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
13 Dec 15
Yeah, that was an uncool thing to do to a kid. UNLESS they had a really good reason, or maybe he knew about it ahead of time and was okay with it.
Boingboing
@boiboing (13147)
• Northampton, England
13 Dec 15
Seriously I can't imagine any kid being cool with this.