Dealing with Your Child's First School Jitters

The memory is a little foggy and I can't exactly what happened over the rest of the day but I do remember my very first day of school. My mother dropped me off and asked me if she wanted me to keep her around for a little longer and I said no, I was okay. On the other hand, the little children that would one day become my friends were busy crying their eyes out, clinging to their mothers and fathers as they were making their way out of the classroom door. Teachers had their hands full trying to calm down children whose parents had already left for work. It was simply chaos.

I hadn't thought too much of the day until now, when the time has come for my youngest cousin to begin school. Her two full older sisters were the type of kids that cried their eyes out at the sight of their mommy walking out the door and it dawned upon me what the difference was. I grew up in a busy, busy apartment with numerous people cycling in an out so seeing new people and having to spend time with people that weren't my mother or grandmother was pretty much normal for me. On the other hand, my cousins spent almost every waking moment with their mother at home when they were young. Their father worked out of state and commuted meaning the majority of their time was spent alone with mommy, thus, an awfully strong bond was formed. There's a distinct difference between having mommy ask you what do you want for lunch and having a grumpy old lunch lady serve you some leftovers.

The lesson to be learned is that you children have to be acclimated to life outside of their house and away from their parents. The bond between mother can child, especially with a stay-at-home mom is stronger than most anything people can imagine and sending them away to school for the first time is essentially breaking that bond, forcefully. In a manner of speaking, your child has to be weaned from their mother or whatever at-home relationship they've developed. There's obviously no set way of doing this and common sense tells not to do anything rash.

Pack a little note to help them out.

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