Next week, my 13-year-old daughter is going to be participating in a fundraising event for our middle school band that I have been mildly dreading. My daughter is a rising 8th grader. She is a straight-A student who is active in sports, music, and ballet.
Every three years, our middle school band program does a "pie throwing" fundraising event in the summer. On the last day of music camp, students get the chance to throw pies in the faces of their section leaders. Having seen this in the past, they go all out with pudding, whipped cream, and drizzled chocolate. The participants get covered from head to foot and it even gets smeared in their hair.
My daughter, who plays first chair flute, has agreed to participate in this event. She told us that she is a little nervous but she thinks that it will be fun. My husband and I think that she is definitely old enough to make this kind of decision.
As you can probably tell, I'm not crazy about the idea of my daughter getting pies thrown in her face. I find it kind of demeaning and disrespectful. I know that it is all in good fun and not really that big a deal.
But I wanted to pose the question to others, just to see if I'm crazy. How would you feel about your child getting a pie in the face?
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