Kids starting kindegarden

frankenyoter

frankenyoter

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Holy crap! What a transition for the whole family. I feel like I can handle anything if I can make it through this without having a stress induced stroke or an aneurism or something. FAAAAAAAWK!

Rant over...momentarily.
 
We just had one that changed from elementary school, starting at 9:00, to 6th grade, starting at 7:45... and another that also just started kindergarten (so she starts at 9:00). And she rides the bus while our son does not (since he's going to a small private middle school).
The change is homework load in 6th grade is notable too. On top of the obvious beginnings of puberty angst.

So, yeah, hear ya on that transition business.
 
All my three kids are in school this year. Sixth grade (11 going on 19), soon to be 6 yo in kindergarten, and soon to be 5 yo in pre K. Life changing. Wife got a job at a gas station, hoping to supplement income, maybe get asst manager position and possibly leave me if I don't pay get more attention by the time she's financially able to make it with the kids.. stupid in my opinion.. 55/hr vs 12/hr if she's lucky as asst manager. I need to work on priorities. Less working late, more family and wife time. But all three kids gone seven hours!?? I think me and her forgot what it was like not to have kids around all up in everything, quite honestly. Date night didn't last but about six months, <vent>in-laws couldn't keep up with the three of them, nevermind their teenage granddaughter that exposed my kids to things they should've never seen at their ages.. I'm sorry, my daughter was crying and said I just want to be a little girl again.. that's sad. And they wonder why they don't get to have my kids over. </Vent>

enjoy the time that you get to spend with them while they are young... They might do like I did my parents and move 900+ miles away and you'll be fortunate to see them twice a year since they make enough to maybe visit once a year without subsidizing their trip when work you thought your buddy had for your adult child in their profession falls thru and they were semi counting on that income to get home. Not that that had happened to me ever.
 
Yeah, it's crazy when the first one starts. Mine is now in 3rd grade and the younger one in Pre-k. Kindergarten is a cake walk because they still have fun while they are there. This is the first year that my son doesn't want to go every day.
 
My boy started Kindergarten this year too. We have been absolutely shocked at how smoothly it has gone. My boy has been in daycare since 3 months old though. I give most of the credit to his daycare/pre-k school. He even had optional homework to do in pre-k. They did a great job preparing him for Kindergarten. We paid our dues when he was younger though. There were quite a few days in his early years (18 months-3yrs old?) when he clung to me and did not want me to leave in the morning when i dropped him off at daycare. That was really tough.
 
I've seen both my nieces go through school now ones in highschool her freshman year now I'm putting step kids through school one started 1st and other one 6th its a shit ton of work a lot of homework school bus showing up early/late but all pays off I enjoy coaching/ watching their sport also! With my nieces I was over protective so I attended every single Pta, field trip, school meeting they had for first 4 years that's gets old fast lol Good luck buddy!
 
drkelly said:
My boy started Kindergarten this year too. We have been absolutely shocked at how smoothly it has gone. My boy has been in daycare since 3 months old though. I give most of the credit to his daycare/pre-k school. He even had optional homework to do in pre-k. They did a great job preparing him for Kindergarten. We paid our dues when he was younger though. There were quite a few days in his early years (18 months-3yrs old?) when he clung to me and did not want me to leave in the morning when i dropped him off at daycare. That was really tough.
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Its bad when they don't cling too. My wife and I both work, we have to to maintain the lifestyle we live(not very extravagant but we have a little property and a few hobbies). My wife had 6 weeks of leave at work when she was pregnant. Well due to high blood pressure and work related stress she was put on bed rest a month before Emma was born. So at two weeks of age my precious daughter was dropped off at an in home daycare with four other little children and there she stayed 5 days a week until she was potty trained and we could get her into structured a daycare facility 5 days a week yet again and then school. My wife always says she is so jealous of Emma because she just fits in wherever, whenever and with whomever. We take her to various camps throughout the summer(and have since kindergarten) to keep her entertained (she is 9 now) while out of school and I think she knows more people than I do. I have literally pulled up to a YMCA day camp at a school in which she has never seen with teachers we have never met, signed her in and she says "bye dad, where is my locker, what are we doing today" to the counselor as they are walking away. Sometimes a little clingy may have made me feel a more needed but I hope she is a strong self sufficient adult due to these happenings.
 
krehel24 said:
Hence why we home school!
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I thought I saw your kid somewhere before...
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Biggest problem we're running into is a lack of activity at school. Sara has been up after 10 pm every night this week. Just doesn't get enough exercise at school, and if the weather is shitty, she can't get it in the evening. Just lays in her bed for two hours and flips and flops.
 
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