WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.160 --> 00:00:07.559 Welcome to the Parenting Roundabout podcast for the week of May twenty second, twenty 2 00:00:07.599 --> 00:00:12.000 twenty three. I'm Terry Morrow and I'm here with Nicole Heretics. Hello, 3 00:00:12.320 --> 00:00:19.719 yay, Nicole was bad and Catherine hooleco Hello. I never left for you 4 00:00:19.839 --> 00:00:29.239 to Perfect Attendance Award. I think Katherine does actually have the most perfect attendants 5 00:00:29.239 --> 00:00:34.520 of everybody does the very beginning about dot com days of this podcast, So 6 00:00:35.880 --> 00:00:39.200 gold star for you, ma'am, Thank you, thank you. Every week 7 00:00:39.320 --> 00:00:42.920 we chat about what parents are talking, complaining, and obsessing about right now. 8 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:49.000 This week we're complaining about passports and obsessing about superhero skills. We also 9 00:00:49.079 --> 00:00:53.079 take a couple of breaks for an entertainment discussion and a recommendation roundup. But 10 00:00:53.200 --> 00:01:00.359 today we are talking about senior pranks. Was this a thing for your kids 11 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:06.000 or yourself? I don't remember doing senior pranks back in the dark ages when 12 00:01:06.040 --> 00:01:10.120 I was in high school. You know, maybe we just went and dumped 13 00:01:10.120 --> 00:01:17.439 hot oil off somebody's castle wall, maybe through tep into somebody's moat. It 14 00:01:17.480 --> 00:01:23.480 could be colored on their cave walls. But if I did, I don't 15 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:27.280 recall, and I don't think my kids were involved. In anything like that, 16 00:01:27.359 --> 00:01:32.879 either the closest they came as there's a tradition in the band that the 17 00:01:34.040 --> 00:01:41.000 I think that the juniors tp the seniors houses after the Thanksgiving game, maybe, 18 00:01:41.439 --> 00:01:44.599 and she was supposed to do it, but at the last minute she 19 00:01:44.680 --> 00:01:48.079 wasn't included in it. And then it turned out that they did such a 20 00:01:48.120 --> 00:01:52.280 good job of tping that they got in trouble and that tradition was ended. 21 00:01:52.359 --> 00:01:57.159 So it was a good thing she was Suddenly it's like exclusion. Yes, 22 00:01:59.040 --> 00:02:04.560 we are happy, don't invite her along. So anyway, what about you 23 00:02:04.560 --> 00:02:07.520 guys, did you are your kids? Did your kids do pranks? Did 24 00:02:07.560 --> 00:02:12.719 you guys? I don't think I have no good stories. I don't think 25 00:02:13.520 --> 00:02:20.919 I did when I was that age. I think we did senior skip day, 26 00:02:21.159 --> 00:02:30.520 which is also a thing that my son's class did, which it's so 27 00:02:30.560 --> 00:02:35.879 silly to me because like, first of all, see, you know it 28 00:02:35.879 --> 00:02:42.000 should be for people who are not at risk. Actually really some people have 29 00:02:42.159 --> 00:02:47.360 skipped a lot already, and you know they maybe to get your button right, 30 00:02:47.520 --> 00:02:52.280 should maybe not be skipping anywhere. And also, like at least at 31 00:02:52.280 --> 00:02:57.919 my son school, the seniors are done like two weeks before everybody else. 32 00:02:58.120 --> 00:03:01.639 Oh wow, So it's like you have basically two weeks of senior skip day, 33 00:03:01.719 --> 00:03:07.039 so like, I don't think you need another one, but whatever, 34 00:03:07.439 --> 00:03:12.639 of course they do, and they did, and they they even had like 35 00:03:12.919 --> 00:03:17.479 events like they were some of them met like in the park for a picnic 36 00:03:17.599 --> 00:03:23.759 and stuff, which my kid did not did not do. But yeah, 37 00:03:23.840 --> 00:03:28.960 but like something Summer would do on shrinking, she would be organizing, yes, 38 00:03:29.919 --> 00:03:36.520 reach party for senior Day. Yes, so that was the and then 39 00:03:36.840 --> 00:03:39.360 so that was the extent of it when I was growing up. But then 40 00:03:40.039 --> 00:03:44.719 of course when my daughter was a senior, it was COVID, so they 41 00:03:44.719 --> 00:03:50.800 didn't do anything that was a nice prank that got pulled on the entire world. 42 00:03:53.080 --> 00:03:58.360 Um. But then in my son's class, I mean there has been, 43 00:03:58.479 --> 00:04:02.360 like I said, they did the skip day. One day during the 44 00:04:02.439 --> 00:04:06.439 last week of school, somebody did TP a bunch of trees in front of 45 00:04:06.439 --> 00:04:12.120 the school, um, which he thought was stupid. He's like, now, 46 00:04:12.159 --> 00:04:15.199 just the custodians have to clean it up. That's just dumb. Yeah. 47 00:04:15.759 --> 00:04:18.920 I think I think a prank cast to involve either paint graffiti or like 48 00:04:19.160 --> 00:04:26.319 mowing your class year into a lawn. Somewhere in our school. Here there's 49 00:04:26.319 --> 00:04:30.240 a hill, a grassy hill, right, it gets well, they maybe 50 00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:32.879 they don't mow it, maybe they throw something on it that changes the goal 51 00:04:32.920 --> 00:04:38.720 of the grass. Yeah, but it says their their glass number. Right, 52 00:04:38.959 --> 00:04:44.399 you got to do some damage. Well, and then there's more from 53 00:04:44.399 --> 00:04:48.240 from my kids class. So there was this TP thing, which was sort 54 00:04:48.240 --> 00:04:53.000 of half hearted if you're asking me, Like it was just in front of 55 00:04:53.000 --> 00:04:57.959 the school and just certain trees, and I don't know how many people were 56 00:04:58.759 --> 00:05:00.160 really, And that's the other thing. I mean, it's a big class, 57 00:05:00.279 --> 00:05:08.240 so it's hard to coordinate people. Like somebody wanted to do something really 58 00:05:08.319 --> 00:05:11.279 damaging and somebody else was going, no, no, let's let's just do 59 00:05:11.360 --> 00:05:15.160 TP. Let's just right fun. Somebody else went in, you know, 60 00:05:15.199 --> 00:05:20.560 spray painted lockers. Right then a bunch of people, I don't know how 61 00:05:20.600 --> 00:05:27.639 many, but not including my child m camped out in the parking lot prior 62 00:05:27.720 --> 00:05:33.920 to the final day of school. Like there were some there was at least 63 00:05:33.920 --> 00:05:39.480 one like RV type of camper because a lot a lot of people have those 64 00:05:39.560 --> 00:05:44.800 here and tents and things like that. Huh. They were not allowed to 65 00:05:44.839 --> 00:05:50.959 have fire for what reason? For what reason just to do something? I 66 00:05:51.480 --> 00:05:57.439 get on them? Then, yeah, I know, because it was not 67 00:05:57.680 --> 00:06:02.759 very warm, right, sleep in the right We'll sleep in the parking lot 68 00:06:02.839 --> 00:06:11.600 on the asphalt, okay, if you insist. And they planned a water 69 00:06:11.720 --> 00:06:16.040 balloon and water gun fight for the last day, and they, like I 70 00:06:16.079 --> 00:06:24.079 said, they planned I mean it, it was like and apparently they they're 71 00:06:24.319 --> 00:06:30.160 the administration was made aware because at some point someone said they were going to 72 00:06:30.680 --> 00:06:36.680 use like orbies, which are like these plastic ball things that you know, 73 00:06:36.800 --> 00:06:41.439 get can fill it up with fluid, and they were they were going to 74 00:06:41.519 --> 00:06:46.360 use those, and the administration said no, said you can do water, 75 00:06:46.600 --> 00:06:49.199 but you can't do orbies. So again, like, how much of a 76 00:06:49.279 --> 00:06:56.439 prank is it if your principle is dictating the terms of your event. I 77 00:06:56.600 --> 00:07:02.639 don't kids today don't know how to do. When it's over, can be 78 00:07:02.720 --> 00:07:09.720 expelled, right, Wow, you're glad that they're just doing lay pranks? 79 00:07:09.920 --> 00:07:12.959 Yeah, fine, kids, that's fine. Yes, I'm totally fine with 80 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:15.879 it, because again, we are right on the edge here. We don't 81 00:07:15.920 --> 00:07:23.000 need to put anything at risk. Please. So I don't know this, 82 00:07:23.240 --> 00:07:28.519 has this ever been happened in Canada? Or are we far too polite and 83 00:07:28.720 --> 00:07:35.160 rule following from not in my day, at least some that I am aware 84 00:07:35.199 --> 00:07:42.120 of. I think we did have a senior skip day, but I probably 85 00:07:42.120 --> 00:07:46.040 was probably too afraid to do that because you know, the teachers lay out 86 00:07:46.040 --> 00:07:50.680 all the threats right right, we're gonna have a major exam the next day 87 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:55.720 or something we're that day or whatever. Yes, the room or among our 88 00:07:56.439 --> 00:08:01.600 kids was that they would be able to walk at graduation, right, yes, 89 00:08:01.720 --> 00:08:05.079 yes, yes, And I've had that. I said to my child, 90 00:08:05.160 --> 00:08:09.519 like, if you do something that risk, like, I'm like, 91 00:08:09.879 --> 00:08:16.600 you're making a choice, You're taking a risk. Yeah, And I can't 92 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:22.839 even tell you how mad I'm going to be if something, if something happens, 93 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:26.560 just letting you know. I'm like, people are flying here from California. 94 00:08:26.680 --> 00:08:31.600 Yeah. This has been the longest four years of my life. Like, 95 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:39.440 if I don't get to observe its conclusion, I'm gonna lose it. 96 00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:46.120 Yeah, good for you, um yeah no, And yeah, And I 97 00:08:46.159 --> 00:08:52.559 think my kids, I think they when my son went through there might have 98 00:08:52.679 --> 00:08:56.159 been a prank, but then they really clamped down on it when my daughter 99 00:08:56.799 --> 00:09:03.080 around and and like they weren't even allowed to throw their papers. You know 100 00:09:03.120 --> 00:09:07.240 how like sometimes for other papers they weren't even allowed to do that, so 101 00:09:07.960 --> 00:09:11.440 it was pretty they have some pretty tight rains on them. Yeah, and 102 00:09:11.519 --> 00:09:18.559 at my son's school, they are saying they're apparently very strict about you cannot 103 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:24.559 decorate your cap. You know, some people put stuff on this y Yeah, 104 00:09:24.759 --> 00:09:30.159 like what's the harm? I don't know, Yeah, but he said 105 00:09:30.200 --> 00:09:35.960 that they go so far as to keep extra you know, plane ones on 106 00:09:37.039 --> 00:09:41.320 hand so that they can make you. Oh, they take off your your 107 00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:46.320 decorated one and put on a plane one. Right, I know of a 108 00:09:46.399 --> 00:09:48.679 high school thing or a college thing. Kids do that in high school love 109 00:09:48.679 --> 00:09:52.480 it is more of a college thing. Yeah, maybe so well, I 110 00:09:52.519 --> 00:09:58.080 mean they must have people must have tried to do it, because they've outlawed 111 00:09:58.080 --> 00:10:01.559 it. Here. Graduation problem we have here is each balls. Yes, 112 00:10:03.440 --> 00:10:09.840 search the kids, they confiscate them if they're you know, throwing them around, 113 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:13.240 and put a pin on them. And and yet still the graduation ceremony 114 00:10:13.320 --> 00:10:18.799 two or three times I went devolved into you know, my principles, chasing 115 00:10:18.840 --> 00:10:22.480 a ball that's bopping all over the place and the parents sharing the ball, 116 00:10:24.519 --> 00:10:28.320 like you why the kids are doing this? You parents? Right? Can 117 00:10:28.399 --> 00:10:35.559 we have a little like cracking down, cracking down on this. I don't 118 00:10:35.559 --> 00:10:37.759 know where these kids are putting their beach balls. I don't want to know. 119 00:10:37.840 --> 00:10:41.000 But somehow in the middle of the ceremonialcos are you coming out? Well, 120 00:10:41.039 --> 00:10:43.720 if the parents, they're searching the parents. Yeah, I don't know. 121 00:10:43.759 --> 00:10:48.480 Does somebody's spike went into the into the crowd of graduates? I don't 122 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:52.039 know wore so. I don't know if that's still a problem. But I 123 00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:54.279 went to like three or four of graduations from our high school and it was 124 00:10:54.279 --> 00:10:58.159 a problem every time. Right, Oh, oh, we haven't at the 125 00:10:58.200 --> 00:11:09.440 beach ball. They've successfully eliminated the beach ball your school. Yeah, yeah, 126 00:11:11.080 --> 00:11:13.080 exactly. I don't know. It's I mean, you want the kids 127 00:11:13.080 --> 00:11:16.559 to have a little spirit and a little fun, but you also don't want 128 00:11:16.559 --> 00:11:22.159 to sit there in the middle of a four hour ceremony watching half an hour 129 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:28.039 of them come in their nose at the principles. So it's come a little 130 00:11:28.039 --> 00:11:33.159 fun. Let them put something on their hat that is like least disruptive. 131 00:11:35.080 --> 00:11:39.480 It really is. I don't. I mean, unless you're building some kind 132 00:11:39.519 --> 00:11:45.200 of huge, you know, tower on top of it, I don't. 133 00:11:45.399 --> 00:11:50.519 We watched some of the graduation hats. Other than that, you're good. 134 00:11:50.200 --> 00:11:58.360 We watched some of my niece's college graduation and some people had things like the 135 00:11:58.600 --> 00:12:03.480 architecture students had these little paper skylines coming out the top of their It looked 136 00:12:03.600 --> 00:12:13.600 so cool. Yeah, so I mean come on afterwards, yeah, or 137 00:12:13.879 --> 00:12:20.440 you can and they'll just get home and put it under glass and say exactly, 138 00:12:20.440 --> 00:12:28.720 that's bankful. It was cool. So yeah. Well we were not 139 00:12:28.840 --> 00:12:37.480 a very um daring prank sturdy, but we we have raised whimps to go 140 00:12:37.519 --> 00:12:41.879 along with it. Excellent, sir, Our children will not be violating anything, 141 00:12:41.919 --> 00:12:48.720 mister principal, Sir, please let them gribe. Please whatever you say, 142 00:12:48.960 --> 00:12:54.519 just please, all right, all I can do. Well, this 143 00:12:54.639 --> 00:13:01.960 wasn't meant to be complaining, so will well the writing we're celebrating. No, 144 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:05.440 we went to jail. Yes, that's right. No one got hypothermia 145 00:13:05.600 --> 00:13:11.240 from sleeping in the parking lot. We're good. Everybody got to walk. 146 00:13:11.360 --> 00:13:18.240 We assume one. Level'll let you know. One can do it. Katherine, 147 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:20.440 you can get him over that finish line. We have bathe in you 148 00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:24.480 boy, Well, we'll let you know. But that's it for today's round 149 00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:28.159 one. Tune in tomorrow for our entertainment themed Round two and later in the 150 00:13:28.200 --> 00:13:33.120 week to find out. While we're complaining about, obsessing about, and recommending 151 00:13:33.240 --> 00:13:35.120 right now where I was interested in what you have to say, so drop 152 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:39.879 us a comment on our website or Facebook page or Twitter, where you'll find 153 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:41.120 us at round about Chat.