My dad always came to football games when he could! My mom always came to any piano concerts/competitions.. So I guess they divvied them up!
Did your parents attend your musical/artistic/sports/other performances as a kid?
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not to sports games since timing was usually bad, but they always came to music concerts/recitals/etc.
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Yes! My mom never missed a home game. My dad came when he could.
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Yes! Every single one.
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Yes! All of them.
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My mom never missed a thing! My dad rarely made things because he worked in TV news and had to be at work in the evenings during the week.
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I wasn't allowed to participate in activities and was often scolded for being part of key club in high school. They didn't even come to my high school graduation. Sigh.
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They came to everything
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When I was little and had these things going on my parents worked long hours and travelled. They attended as much as they could and having both parents attend was a big treat.
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Yup! Volleyball games, dance and orchestra performances... When I was in a musical in high school my mom came to every performance. That might have been excessive... lol
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Not all the time My mom had a toddler and infants when I was in middle and HS. It was a struggle for both of us to schedule extracurriculars!
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@yin: I can totally relate!
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Yes! My mom was very involved & my dad was as involved as he could be considering his work.
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@yin: Not even your grad?! I don't mean to be nosey, but why?
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As far as I can remember, they were both at every single one.
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@HellOnHeels: Everything revolved around working at their restaurant. I wasn't allowed to participate in activities because I had to work after school. They didn't want to close the restaurant for two hours to attend my graduation. By the time I graduated college, they had retired and did attend. College was a bigger deal to them. High school completion was expected.
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They definitely came to all of my concerts and recitals. When I was doing competitive gymnastics, they tried to have one of them there, but they were frequent enough that sometimes it just didn't work out.
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They didn't come to everything but they came to a lot.
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One or both came to most in town things and some out of town and both my sister and I were involved in a lot, so they spent a fair amount of time at the school.
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Yes! All of them. I was heavily involved in music and had a lot of recitals and they were always present.
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Yup. Piano recitals were a big deal to my mom. Everyone got all dressed up and we went as a family.
They also came to all of my school music performances through highschool except for when I played in a pit orchestra. When you're in the pit, you're not the star of the show (or even visible) so I didn't see any point in having them come.
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Yes, my parents were at all my school concerts, dance recitals, cheerleading competitions, etc. My dad was the guy in the back set up with a tripod and camcorder.
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Every single game!!
My mom said she would rather me complain, as an adult, that she came to too many rather than too few of my events. And that's just one reason I think my mom is amazing.
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Every single game. Every concert. Every play. My parents were/are fantastic.
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My mom was at everything, and my dad was at all the music stuff that was later in the evening (after work). There were many tennis competitions, band recitals, choir things, marching band/football games....it was a lot.
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Yep! They both came to everything!
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Yes they were very supportive.
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I didn't play sports, so there were no games to go to, but when I had dance recitals, they came to those.
When I was in high school, I was in the marching band and we literally had performances every weekend, both Saturday and Sunday from September to December, plus 2 concerts a year and a Bowl Game trip. They had to littles at home, one with special needs, so no, they didn't come to those things, but I honestly didn't mind. They're not any less fantastic, they just show their love and support in other ways.
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My mom came to every dance performance, play/musical, music recital, competition, football game, and basketball game (well, the home games) I had in K-12. She sewed theatre costumes and was in the boosters club. She also chaperoned a few trips to nationals. She worked FT when I was in HS, too. My dad came to a couple of the local events.
They both came to plays in college!
I tend to think that support and love can be shown in ways other than being at every event, although I give my mom major credit for doing everything she did. I think our relationship, especially in HS, was vastly better because she was around. She did a good job of being there, but giving me some distance too.
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My mom came to everything up until HS since games were away. But if they're home games, my parents came.
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For the most part yes, I was a cheerleader so they came to watch me cheer at home stuff but never really came to the away games which was fine by me.
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My mom came to most. My dad lived across the country, so he never came to anything - not even my high school graduation. He did come when I graduated from college and law school, though.
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Yes, every solo violin and orchestra recital , choir concert, dance recital, school plays and variety shows... Pretty amazing now that I look back on it!
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Yep. They were at every Friday night football game for the halftime show and every figure skating competition or show. My mom would often volunteer and work a ton on props for our shows too.
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You all are so lucky! My dad came to support almost all of music events. It was nice because he lived four hours away.
I had ONE soccer game ever and my mom said she "went to the wrong town."
I spent the whole game looking for her then had to hitch a ride home. It felt so good when someone was there and so so crappy when they weren't. My mom missed a lot. We (my sisters and I) pretty much lived alone and then I was totally alone by 14... hence all the boyfriends but that's another story!
And in other related news mom would never pick me up at the airport (wtf?)
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Almost every home game and concert. Mom was always in the boosters for whatever organizations we did, Dad helped coach teams when we were younger. I worry how DH and I will manage to support our kids similarly because we both have weird work schedules that don't get nights/weekends consistently off.
I spent the whole game looking for her then had to hitch a ride home. 
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