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Moms View Message Board: General Discussion: Archive August 2006: Mom's of older children
Did you have a harder time letting the go into kindergarten or Middle school? With Nick it's definitely middle school well yesterday was there first day back and it was hard because when we moved it made him go to a completely different middle school than the one he would of went to where he would of known more people he seems to be okay with it though.Yesterday morning though i said to him Nick are you scared and he just smiled this smirkish smile and i said well are you and he said yeah omgosh almost broke my heart = ( ...
also the reason i was posting this is because on the way to taking alex to school i was crying because i was thinking how mean children were at least they used to be mean when i was in school mainly high school though...hopefully that has changed though.. = )
My 14yo starts high school this year. So, it's a new building to learn and lots of new faces. Although, I'm sure she will know some kids from middle school.
Brandy, in many ways, the older they get, the meaner they become. Jen had a rough time in middle and high school with some kids. They form cliques, and they seem to take joy in tormenting other kids, just because they *can*.
Is it easier? You judge. I wrote these at the time they occurred. "It's time for breakfast, Little Man". And Cheerios he gobbles. While dressing, With just one foot Through his underwear, He hobbles. And then the bus stop, So grown up He pretends that I'm Not there And snarls as Mom, As mothers will, Brushes back his hair. The bus arrives, And up he goes Without a backward glance. A lump is forming In my throat, But I don't get a chance To give a hug Or one caress. "Gee! Moms can act So dumb." I'm sure That if he'd had his way I'd never even come. And so my boy, My last born son, Goes off, alone, To school. And I'm left here Behind the bus Feeling like a fool. But I can't help it Can I ? He'll never have to know That his "Dumb Mom" Was crying As she watched The school bus go. B. V. Dahlen © RETIREMENT The last of the boxes are emptied. The last of your things are unpacked. The time for goodbyes is upon us. Now I call upon all of my tact. You're a man. I can see what's before me. You're a man, And I've helped make it so. You're a man, And it's time now for leaving, But Lord, how it hurts to let go. A job that I've held for two decades Is finally completed and done. A job that I've cherished, The heartaches, The traumas, adventures and fun. I've propped, I've hugged And I've pampered. I've punished and lowered the boom. Held hands at my sides When I wanted to reach. Stepped aside When you needed more room. It's time for us now to be going And you say You'll do fine here alone. One last hug And I rush from your dorm room, Leaving you here to stand on your own. If anyone tells you it's easy Put them down As the worst sort of liar, For they don't give you Watches and banquets When it's time for a Mom to retire. B. V. Dahlen ©
I posted last week, I think, that I think it is just as hard sending one off to middle school as it was to kindergarten. It's the knowledge that they are reaching such mature milestones, and that they are truly growing up, and there is no going back. I think that as long as they are in Primary/Elementary school, you still feel as if they are a little kid, your baby, but as you send them off to a school full of big kids, you really realize that your little one isn't so little anymore.
My older son is starting middle school on Tuesday, and literally, when I even think about dropping him off there that morning, I feel like I am going to throw up, and I am afraid that I really will when the time comes! I am having a much harder time with this than I did when he started kindergarten, I am not really sure why, but it is just killing me inside. My little one is starting 3rd grade, and I can't believe that either, time just goes way too fast.
I agree that middle school was almost as hard as K!! Dd stated middle school last year (5th grade) so this year should be a breeze. My next milestone isn't until 9th grade and the high school!!
oh my goodness bea that's two wonderful poems = ) so sad though ... i'm so happy for the way he's growing up at least i'm doing something right = )i'm thinking though just last year i was waving to him and blowing him kisses and now this year i don't want to because i don't want the other kids making fun of him = (
Middle school is definitely going to be harder on me. I think it's because I know how mean kids are at that age. In kindergarten, they still are so sweet and innocent. My DD has already witnessed how mean some girls can be.
DD is a Senior this year. I have cried the first day of school every year since she started Pre School. Every year is bitter sweet as it begins and when it ends... And this will be her last, I am sure there will be a lot of crying this year...
I know, Bobbie! I'm sure I will be crying at times, too! Especially, in the spring, when the seniors get featured, at the spring band concert and National Honor Society induction!
LOL Dawn... Yes it seems like yesterday and yet it is nearly over... So very bitter sweet... Part of me is ready and another part of me is screaming, "NO, I am not ready for this transition"
Yeah, me too!
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