That is so sad Marilyn. :( That lady is obviously a little off her rocker and her children will suffer with no one to step in. I didn't realize that things were that bad in southern Texas. Guess the only thing that can be done is pray....and pray often.:)

It is a very sad situation, and I'm not exagerating. A very dear friend of ours is an assistant principal at an elementary school. You would be shocked hearing the incidents he tells us about and CPS does nothing. I am so glad that our girls are out of public school. They attended private elementary and entered public school in 6th grade.

If we had it all to do over again, we would have transfered them to a smaller school district a little north of here, or moved if we had to to get them there. For middle school and high school that is.

I'm very disapointed in our public school system. And it's mostly the parent's fault. There is just no discipline or inappropriate discipline. Too many single parents, many who don't have a clue.

Don't get me wrong, I know some very capable single parents, but many of the ones around here were children when they had children and their parents aren't much better. It is very sad.

You're right, Marilyn...it's all very sad. This particular parent that I'm speaking of lives in a nice neighborhood and her husband has a job working at one of the plants so he makes good money...at least enough that she has the ability to not work outside of the home.

She was up here at lunch again...with another parent...gossiping. The other parent was walking around the lunch room just looking for anything to complain about. It's rediculous. They should spend their energies helping out instead of condemning and hurting the very school that has done it's best to serve their kids.

But, what can you say????

The whole situation is just so sad:( Abuse comes in many forms and it's truly a sad time when abused children (no matter the form) just fall through the cracks - it just breaks my heart! If her energies were put into volunteering at the school instead of "stirring the pot", she might "like" herself more.

Wow. Some people never cease to amaze me. How sad. :(

Amen!! Look at all the time she has. If she used her energy for good she could make such a difference. So sad!!

Why not take the higher road, (it would kill me), but ask her since she's there so much, if she would be interested in volunteering. There are so many things to do at the schools. I not only volunteered in the classrooms, I volunteered for the whole grade my son was in, not just his class. Some of the other teachers needed help too. I also volunteer in the elementary office. It's great fun and gets me out of the house a little bit. I can volunteer at my convenience so just about anyone can help (that doesn't have a full time job).:)

Believe me, she does! She's a GREAT teacher volunteer helping out in the classrooms. She brought this up in her letter-to-the-editor this summer as if we're suppose to make special provisions and not count all the times her child was absent.:rolleyes:

What a whack-o!

I've never seen a parent come into a school to have lunch with their kid except for on special designated days. I can't imagine my mom ever doing that.... I think she was just glad to get us out of her hair for the day so she could get stuff done around the house!

Don't the other kids make fun of him for having his mommy hand feed him?

You're right, SL. She is a whack-o! This child is somewhat a loner but I've never seen for myself anyone picking on him. We have ZERO tolerance for bullying in our school.

That's good to hear! In my day the teasing would of been merciless!

We had a cousin that was treated that way by his mother and even all the cousins would tease him... (out of earshot of our parents, of course!) But then he was a mean little brat, too!

I know a guy whose grandmother went to college with him to wash is clothes and iron his shirts. Isn't that one strange. He's now a bachelor in his late 50's. Really strange guy. This may be where this child is heading. His mom needs to get a life!!

R you able to check Dr's records or even pass on to there Dr how often he is off and see if she takes him to the Dr on these time's?. But at least log all this that is happening.

I bet he got a lot of dates!!! LOL Poor guy!! What was he and his grandmother thinking?:)