This was the cry I heard all morning on Wednesday as I prepared to get Luke to school. Gavin was throwing himself on the floor and having a fit because I changed him out of his PJ's and Luke was lying on the floor crying about how much he doesn't want to go to school. What a perfect way to start the day. " I don't want to go to school, I want to stay home with you!" He cried all the way to school. HE calmed down a bit once we got there and were waiting on the benches for his teacher to come out and get all the students. Policy is that all parents wait on the benches and the teachers take them to the classroom. Parents are discouraged to escort children to the classroom—they feel this only makes separation worse. Luke wanted me to go to school with him. He asked Mrs. J if I could and she explained that Mommies and daddies don't come to school, that school is just for boys and girls like him. Then she picked him up and carried him kicking and screaming to class. I stood there wanting to cry too, but was able to hold it together. Gavin, of course, is sitting in the stroller screaming as well, and Luke's escapade sent a bunch of other kids into fits of crying. Nice.
About an hour later, I got a call from his teacher to let me know that he was doing OK and that he finally calmed down—it took a little longer than usual, but he was fine. I really appreciated that call. When I went to pick him up, I was able to chat with his teacher for a few minutes. She said this was pretty typical—the honeymoon period is over, now they realize that this is what they are doing every Monday and Wednesday, now it is a control thing. They have to follow rules, directions and can't just do what ever they want. But I'm hoping this phase will pass quickly—actually he seemed so excited about school, I was hoping to by pass this all together.
Can't wait to see what next year holds with Gavin. Maybe I'll get lucky.
Friday, September 24, 2010
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The honeymoon is over here too. Cameron only wants to go to school if he can get on the bus and go to Daniela's school. Thankfully Cameron's teachers seem to take in stride and he seems fine when I come to get him. Hang in there!
I am going through the same thing with Kacy (actually working on a blog post about it) - she cried both days this week at drop off, clung to my crying that she didn't want me to leave her and she didn't want to go to school! Totally unexpected (didn't go through this with Ella) and I'm hoping it passes quickly. It's hard on the mommies too!
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