Let your children make their own decisions?

[andrewsgal]

Sorry didn't know how to title this.

Okay so DS won an art contest through the school district. We knew nothing about it. His art teacher submitted his "art" and he won first place for kinder.

We found out yesterday when I got an email requesting him to be at the awards ceremony and show Monday night.

I put art is quotes because DS doesn't even know what she submitted. He honestly just doesn't care.

So anyway when I told him we were going monday to the ceremony he got upset because he has to miss soccer practice. He loves soccer and it is his life as much as anything can be at 6.

So do I let him make this decision and skip the art show for soccer or do I pull the parent card and make him miss practice? One part of me says he can make the decision the other part says he is only six and it's only one practice.

So WWYD?

[leselia]

I only have a 2 year old so I can't speak from experience, but I would skip the ceremony. It's not like he knew about the submission, he didn't purposefully enter the contest, and he doesn't even know what won. A week's notice isn't much, I would think the teacher would understand if you couldn't make it. I'd let him go to soccer practice.

I don't really see a downside to skipping the ceremony, to be honest.

[minerswife17]

I would let him go to soccer. It's kind of weird his teacher submitted his art work without telling you.

[auroraloo]

Mar 31, 2015 7:40:41 GMT -5 minerswife17 said:

I would let him go to soccer. It's kind of weird his teacher submitted his art work without telling you.

Unless it was some sort of district-wide contest and the project was specifically for the contest. Like, we recently had a bus safety poster contest, and every kid made a poster. Many 6 year olds aren't going to tell mom and dad about something like that, KWIM? 

But I'd let him skip. He's 6. 

[andrewsgal]

Mar 31, 2015 8:10:39 GMT -5 auroraloo said:

Mar 31, 2015 7:40:41 GMT -5 minerswife17 said:

I would let him go to soccer. It's kind of weird his teacher submitted his art work without telling you.

Unless it was some sort of district-wide contest and the project was specifically for the contest. Like, we recently had a bus safety poster contest, and every kid made a poster. Many 6 year olds aren't going to tell mom and dad about something like that, KWIM? 

But I'd let him skip. He's 6. 

Yes it was something like that. Doesn't bother me she submitted it. Seems like what they do.

Thanks ladies he will be so happy not to have to go to "the dumb art show"

[amynumbers]

Team Skip It

[Deleted]

Yeah...he didn't even know he was entered, doesn't care...I'd let him skip it too.

Eta: if you had nothing else going on that night, I'd prob encourage him to go, but he DOES have something he LOVES already scheduled...so I'd let him do that.

[Deleted]

Team let the 6 year old decide

[lala]

Yea, I think he's old enough to make this call.

Submitting the artwork isn't strange to me at all.

[Kcthepouchh8r]

Team skip.

[dizzycooks]

Team skip it. If there wasn't anything else going on id say go, but otherwise he signed up for soccer, not the art show.

[quesyrah]

I would be inclined to let him skip it.

[zbeesma86]

Skip it.

Soccer sounds better! ⚽️