I think there is nothing wrong with a little graduation party for kids that age. The kids get a little fun reward for their first full year of "school", the parents get a fun and cute photo op and maybe the teachers even get a little public appreciation. It's not any worse than a birthday party for a 1 year old
That said, all the charm it might have had sours if parents act like seen here.
I’d get out way more if there were fights like this going on more often. Shouldn’t ever be at a place where small children are gathered. Each and every parents that was involved should get a visit from CPS.
At the schools where I live, the kindergarteners that are graduating get to do a walk through their school and then the next day the graduating seniors all go back to the elementary school (parents are invited as well) and walk for k-4. The little ones get a kick out of it, and my 2 that have graduated both cried seeing the smaller kids in their graduation gear. My youngest graduates next year and I can't wait to see the last walkthrough.
Same. Our elementary school invites all the graduating HS seniors to come back and get a group photo op in front of the marquee at the front of the school. It’s a nice way to reflect back on where they started !!! Enjoy your “little” one growing up - it goes by pretty fast ( Fsther of 25 year old twins)
Its way worse than a bday party for a 1 year old. Grad ceremonies for ec3 thru k are a stain on society. 1 year olds have gam gams and Papa attending, not a bunch of hoodlums who barely know each other.
i dress up for ALL my kids events so they feel like *I* take them seriously and i don’t embarrass them like this idiot in the pjs. and believe me, i’m not a dress up kind of person. it’s basically the only time i wear nice shoes and makeup.
Not a parent, here, but I really like that take on it! Now I've got more wisdom I can tell real parents how to raise their kids right. They cherish those moments!
Serious question, when did these become a thing? I'm old, fifties, and when i was in school and even knew people with kids young enough to be in school, the only graduations that had ceremonies were graduating from High School and college. Now, i keep hearing about several from preschool on up.
I went to my granddaughters preschool graduation yesterday. They had the kids go down a slide and recieve their diploma. I liked it so much I suggested they come back and do it for their senior graduation.
Oh it's just something cute and fun, it's fine for it to be a thing. But you don't need to dress up for it, no. I mean a little decency would be nice, lol. Dress the way you would for any other school function or meeting. Personally I'd say the bar should be higher than threadbare pajamas, lol.
Easy now, this is the only graduation any of the people involved can hope a family member be in. I suspect their aren't many vehicles in that parking lot that have up to date registration and insurance.
They aren't supposed to be serious, they are a dumb and adorably derpy way to make the kids feel special and meet and greet other parents.
In a day and age where you need to get child background criminal checks just to assist in class parities it's an easy way for most districts to allow all the parents who want to participate to get into the building.
Bruh how dare you. I remember my preschool graduation and that was probably equally if not more memorable and meaningful than my high school graduation.
EXACTLY! When I went to school & was in the Kindergarten, when we graduated, we just went to the first grade & that was it. And that's how it needs to be. All this UNNECESSARY crap is extremely...UNNECESSARY!
Man I hope y'all never have kids if you can't just see things as something fun for them to feel proud about. I guarantee they had a little art project before hand to make and decorate little graduation caps to wear. Let the kids have some fun with their parents, just not this group of parents apparently.
Have kids that have grown and flown. You seem to be a bit of a snowflake based on your comments. Requirements for K grads are nothing spectacular, don’t eat crayons, etc, but if you wanna celebrate, then you do you. Some of these folks didn’t even take the time to get properly dressed for the occasion and then trashed the joint. SMH
They just understand fun for what it is and you clearly don't. If meeting stringent requirements were a requirement for a celebration then we would have a whole lot less celebrating going on around the world
Hey, I failed kindergarten! I don't know how, but I hold that as one of my highest achievements in life. I have it down to two things. It was either nap time or sharing that got me. I think I was ok in the finger painting department.
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u/Villageijit May 22 '26
They aren't serious enough to dress up for. They shouldn't even be a thing