I'm happy for all the high school grads. But also a shout-out to the parents. We've raised humans
![Carissa and Matthew Halton pose for a photo at their daughter Madi Halton’s graduation ceremony in Edmonton on June 8, 2024. A woman, man and young woman in a navy blue graduation cap pose for a selfie.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7268761.1721420083!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpeg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/carissa-halton-graduation.jpeg)
Graduations — along with their shockingly short-lived fashions and rituals of gowns, caps, stages, speeches and dances — are ostensibly are for the kids. Carissa Halton says a part of her graduated as a parent along with her daughter.