Every school has one. The crazy "koo koo for coco puffs" mom of a kid in your kid’s class.**
The mom is annoying and insane because of the way she overprotects her child in every way. This mom’s child is nice and the kid can’t help it her mom is like nails on a chalkboard. When I say the mom is crazy, I don’t mean the woman is truly crazed in a way she can’t help. This woman isn’t mentally ill…she’s just insufferable. She makes sure that her offspring can’t do ANYTHING without her and keeps the child from experiencing some of the things that will help the kid grow into an independent person.
Tonight there was a school fund raiser, parents were helping. The mom strikes up a conversation with me.
KK for Coco Puffs Mom: So I hear your daughter is going to ______ high school?
WTM: Yes. She is very excited and I know she’s happy that your daughter is going there.
KK for Coco Puffs Mom: I’ve been meaning to tell you this…I’m a little worried that YOUR DAUGHTER might join a CULT when she gets to high school. It’s such a big school and all…
WTM: Wow. Thanks for your concern and I’ll keep that in mind (backing away S-L-O-W-L-Y to get away).
What Do You SAY to something like that?
Being the petty bee-och that I am, I go immediately to one of my WT mom pals to laugh about it. It’s so insane and strange, I refuse to even dignify her comment by getting angry. It takes too much energy and I’ve been warned by those that have gotten angry at her before—-IT WILL CHANGE NOTHING.
What would you say? I’d like to know.
**=Most of the time it’s a mom. Sometimes it’s the dad but most of the time it’s the mom because usually it’s the Type A-A-A mom that leaves her career to do the "important job of raising her kids" and then spends the next 18 years making her kids crazy.
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She’s clearly already in a cult herself.
Oh, I love calling people out on their crazy with something as nonpluses as, “Why would you say something like that?”
THEN, laughed my ass off in front of her face…
You have my sympathies.
I knew a mom who gave up her part time job because “they wouldn’t let me go over to school to be with (insert overprotected child’s name here) whenever I wanted.” She defined the term helicopter mom.
Dang! I wish I would have had you guys there with me when the crazy mom gave me her ADVICE. Good stuff guys, Thanks. PS to Karen—oooh yes it only gets weirder as the kids get older!
“Well, her Dad and I are hoping she’ll get into the Hare Krishnas or the Scientologists – they ARE the most successful, don’t you think? But I think daughter is leaning towards the moonies…”
A cult? In my dreams! If she’s chosen to live on a commune, we’ll save a ton on college tuition.
Oh my, does this mean the cRaZy mom’s in elementary school get even crazier? HELP ME!
Oh, Missy, we joined a cult 10 years ago. Are you interested in joining? Initiation by orgy takes place this Saturday! Just bring a pie, because it’ll be potluck. Ta ta!
A CULT????? Do they have that class at your high schools there? Wow. That is diversity for you.
So is Scientology something you can go on and major in in College?
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