How do you deal with snarky comments about your kids?

Teachers and school counselors (at least in GA and CA) have other duties around the school. It takes about three or four staff to help children get safely from cars to the sidewalk...and back in at the end of the day.

Haha -

And what the h*ll is wrong with having your glasses match your outfit - especially for a cute little girl.? I'd think it was adoreable.

Yes - they do this for the pre-schoolers in my daughters' school.

Gotcha.

We'd just park and walk the kids to their classroom in kindergarten and first grade, so this isn't something I'm familiar with, though it makes sense. In kindergarten we had a similar-ish situation when school ended, as we'd all gather in a group and kids would be released to parents. ("A-ha, there's your mom... bye!") But then we'd still grab 'em and walk to the car. In first grade we'd just wait by the door (held open by teachers) and wait for our kids to come out on their own. There is a small parking lot but people would park on nearby side streets and such. (Large parking lot for preschool, that was more straightforward.)

I'll tell you something that strikes me as being odd. I live across the street from a middle school. They detail a teacher to get the kids safely into the right car. What the heck is this all about? Some of those kids are bigger than I. Most of them just walk home like you would expect.

And just a few pair make a huge difference.

One pink, one blue, one red, one purple. Then there's almost always a pair to match.

I bought my daughter matching pink and white batting gloves and a glove with a little pink sewing. She can play ball and still be cute and girly.

My other daughter wears a ribbon with basketballs on it when she plays basketball.

So there!

Maybe those kids have special needs of some sort? Our kids are pretty freerange starting in third grade, but a kid who has Down Syndrome was always ushered out by a teacher's aide type to make sure he connected with his mom. (But really that was just in third grade, now [fourth grade] he comes out on his own and is met by his mom.)

Good point. I didn't think of that, but it's also possible that some parents have requested the school provide security to ensure the kids aren't grabbed by evil no-gooders. Or, even more likely, that someone on the school board is paranoid that some kid will get snatched from school property and they've funded a staff person to oversee the pick up time.

Free range - reminds me of chicken...

I have and would have told that person to go perform some unnatural act. Need to punch a bully in the nose. I love my kids and snarky remarks are a reason to declare verbal war.

Drew Dad! Did you encounter the mean door opener? Love to hear.

So...

T was waiting for Yaya to get out of school, when one of the other parents knocks on her window. This person had independently approached T in the past about Yaya's matching glasses, and how one pair should be enough.

She asks T, "how long does it take to get glasses from that website?" When told it can take two weeks, she says, "oh no! [My little girl] lost her glasses, and has been without for a week already! I guess I see the sense in having multiple pairs, now."

Then she looks at the Whump and says, "what a fat baby!"

What a fat baby, but cute face anyway.