A new school year is approaching and it feels like this summer flew in the blink of an eye.
Normally I wouldn’t be sentimental about another school year coming, but this will be the year my little boy begins school. It makes me a bit teary-eyed thinking about it because it doesn’t feel like four years has passed since he was born.
My little one will be one of the older kids in his class due to his birthday missing the deadline last year, but I continued to tell myself that it would be a while before he begins school and now we are here.
I’m not sure it is all children, but when I asked him if he was ready for school, I received the quickest no and all I could think about is his teacher who will have to deal with hell on wheels.
My worry has been getting my son used to a routine and understanding that he can’t do whatever he wants when he wants to. I think that is basic parenting, but it puts me on edge when I think about how receptive he will be when it comes to someone he has never met being the authority.
When he is with me, I usually have no issue with him staying in line or being a ball of havoc unless he gets cranky before nap time.
I may not share the same sentiment about kids as some folks, but I believe it is not the teachers job to wrangle children and teach them how to behave. Their job is to give them the knowledge to be successful in the future.
A lot of us may have one or more kids, but our teachers have upwards of 20 kids for roughly eight hours a day and that is a lot of little people energy to handle.
The last thing I want to do is not properly teach my son how to behave in a school environment when you have to sit for prolonged periods of time and listen.
Some of you may be reading this column and think this is common sense, but as a first time parent, I think we tend to stress about the obvious and be a little over bearing at times.
I’m looking forward to walking my son to his classroom on the first day of school. If these quick four years have taught me anything, it is that their school years will fly by as well.
My son will be enrolling in New Deal as that is where is mom is currently living and the plan is to pick them both up before open house and the first day so we can all go together and enjoy it.
In my head, I knew I had to go anyways because I would have to pry his momma off of him just so he could get to class. I’ve already bought my kleenex just for his mom because I know it’s going to break her heart sending her little boy off, but I think all mothers are like that when this time comes.
It’s definetly going to be a first for us, but I am excited for him. He will get the chance to make friends and create memories.