A mum has shared her thoughts on attending her child’s school Christmas concert – and while some agree with her, others say it’s worth the ‘pain’ to see the smile on a child’s face
While many parents enjoy attending their child’s school Christmas concert, others could do without another obligation on their already packed festive calendars. That’s exactly what one mum expressed after attending a two-hour carol concert at her child’s school, sharing how she sat through the whole thing to hear her child’s voice for just two minutes.
Taking to Reddit, she said: “They’re two hours of carols that sound like dirges, and the kids sing for maybe two minutes of it. And I have to take off work for this cr*p? All of us parents are crowded together in an echoey gym that smells like every school cafeteria ever.
“And there isn’t enough parking for all of us, so we end up abandoning our cars on the side of the road, seemingly miles away, like in that ‘Everybody Hurts’ video, and trudging to the school – and then trudging back. “
Not only that, but she says the parking situation is a nightmare every year, with it taking an hour before the “congestion clears out enough for you to escape”. She added: “It’s hell, and I hate it, and I only go because I allow myself to be guilted into it, year after year.”
Commenting on her post, one user said: “My parents never went to a single Christmas concert of mine. I remember being the lead in a French play and I was so disappointed they didn’t go.
“It might suck for you to go, but the other side of the coin is that your kid will remember for the rest of their life that you were never there.”
Another user added: “I suppose this is a bit different seeing as I was in high school, and one with a killer arts program at that, but my mum never came to a single one of my performances and it still hurts.
“I stopped playing music for school because college music is super stressful, so now I don’t know if she’ll ever even know how good I was, or how much I enjoyed it, or how much my friends/teachers meant to me from that time in my life.
“Please continue being a good parent, it also sucks when you have to be the one to tell everyone every time that none of your family is coming to see you…”
A third user said: “I have overheard my grown kids state with pride that I never missed a game/performance.
“No, it was definitely not always fun. It was important though. I brought them into this world. It was my job to encourage and support them as much as humanly possible as they grew.”
A final user added: “My parents never missed my choir concerts. I know it wasn’t fun but it’s one thing they did I’ll never forget.
“My mum would pick up my best friend because her mum was working so she would have her ‘second mum’ at least there.
“It may suck for you but your kids are proud of what they’ve done. It may suck for you but put that aside and realise they love you and want you to see what they’ve done.”
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