Would You Be Happy?

I had one daughter who was hyper active and turned out to be bi-polar. As well as narcissism and personality disorder. I took guardianship of her daughter to keep her in the family and cause I loved her. She had a lot of problems and was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder. I am now living with my daughter and helping her to raise her nine year old son who has ODD. Believe me when I tell you I love all 'my kids' alot but I will be both relieved and happy when the Summer ends and he goes back to school. I am always happy to have him around but am glad when he does go to school. I'm worn out!

I was happy when my kids first went to school. With my first child I had my mom with me and we dropped him off at school. He just started crying I didn't know what to do so I picked him up and knocked on the teachers door and she opened it and I explained to her that he was sad and he didn't want to leave him mom. She was very understanding and took him by the hand and off they went. That was the only one of my four that didn't want to leave. The others were all excited and loved being with other kids and learning. I cried when my son Jeff received his first holy communion. It was like a ton of bricks hit me seeing him growing up so fast. We always looked forward to summertime where I could take the kids to the park and the zoo and take them on the ferry and to the ocean. I really enjoy kids and can't wait to do some fun stuff with the grandkids. They grow up so fast.

I am happy and sad. The very first time they started school, I got choked up and had to turn and leave fast before they saw my tears. I am happy that they get to go to school, meet new friends, have interactions with other adults, learn all the things that they will learn. I am sad sometimes because they are starting a little part of their life that doesnt include me and it will only get bigger each year. My comfort level with them in school is much better since my childrens elementary school is basically in my back yard!!! So I can join them for lunch and go on their feild trips sometimes.

I always enjoyed the company of my kids, but I loved seeing them grow and learn to be autonomous as well. In the summer I always baby sat other people's kids, so it was not as cool as if they were just home with me. I was not in a hurry for my kids to grow up, and now they are both probably older than you and I miss my daugter who lives far away, but enjoy my son who temporarily lives with me.

Actually i was quite excited for them to be in school.. since i am a working mom, i tend to worry more what they are doing at home when they have no classes. Now they are in school, i am more relaxed as to how they are. I am excited buying them school stuff, things they use in school, making crafts and the likes..

I'm the sad parent. No matter which one of my kids started their first day from the oldest down to the youngest one I have in school I always feel a twinge of sadness, an I long for summer vacation to hurry up. Right now I have my 2 youngest at home full time still so I do not have an empty house yet during the school day, but I know one day in the next two years I will. I hate seeing them go. I think for me I know I did not like school very well, but the funny thing is my 12 year old loves school. He can never wait for summer break to end. I am always dreading it. I love having them all home all day. My hubby on the other hand will start commenting pretty early on "isn't summer break over yet" But it is more teasing than serious I found he likes them home as much as I do. And for us only a little over 2 weeks left to go and it's back to school. I am so not looking forward to it at all.

When my first child started school, I was so sad for her mostly because she was shy and I knew it was going to be hard. The other two were not quite as shy, but I really missed them when they were in school. We finally decided to homeschool, and it was great. I enjoy my kids. Always have, always will. Having them home with me didn't mean that I babied them or that they didn't grow up! Far from it. They learned responsibility (which is in short supply these days) and they learned to take the initiative when things needed doing. They're both very good at their jobs now, both in management and making good money. They learned to interact with people of all ages and types and by "interact" I mean carry on a conversation with them, not just sit and listen.

I'd be sad sending my kids off to school, I'd probably get bored and lonely. Just think about the field trips they will have though, maybe you can be the "cool mom" chaperone. I'm sure once they are in school you'll be excited to see them come home and listen to them tell you all about their exciting days.

I hated the first day for all of them..after that is was easy. It was the first day that really knocked me for a loop....then I got used to it. When they all finally left home well it was okay with me!

I actually was excited for them, mostly because we don't live in town and with my older three, they had no one their age to play with. So when school started, it was a a chance for them to make friends and get out, (because we also only have one car, they really didn't go anywhere since my husband had the car at work). With my youngest who does have friends to play with, I am still excited, because at school is the only chance for him to be in a play. Like I said, with only one car, I can't take him anywhere, but at school, all he has to do is stay afterwards and his dad can pick him up after work...:)

I HATE when school starts again! I almost feel like getting downright NASTY with friends who go on about how much they can't wait till their kids go back. I think they are CRAZY. I knew it was coming when I first took my daughter to preschool... knew that was the start of the whole mess and after preschool it just gets worse. I wish I could just randomly NOT take her to school but we like getting attendance awards and I don't like for her to miss out on anything that goes on at school. I just know we'll both be more tired when it starts up again, we don't go back till the 13th but even so it's too close for me. I wish I had another 2 weeks! I admit, it is LESS hard each year and my daughter IS excited for school, but it's still hard and I still wish there were another way than going to school every day. I'm not willing to trade off the social aspect though because my daughter is very social and she LOVES her friends. I just wish there was a way to incorporate that without having to attend school, after all, we've been socializing all summer!

I don't have children yet. If I ever do have children, I will home school them. I'm not really certain what you mean by not being able to afford all of the materials to home school. There are no set materials required to home school one's children. I certainly would not spend money on pre-packaged curriculum; that would be far too confining for my tastes.

When they are younger it does have the saddening effect. My older boys are 23, 21 & 18 now. When they were young I missed them terrible. As they got older it was easier to accept. I have a 2 year old and 9 month old twins right now. Grandma and a couple of cousins visited yesterday and of course Lil Keith had to go home with them. I do miss him so much! A few weeks ago he was at her house for an entire week and it almost drove me crazy. I will be glad when he gets back.

I think school is there to make vacations and summers even more special! I'm sure it's tough to see your little one go off to school. You'd be thinking about what they're doing all day in school, do they need help, are other kids treating them fine (I know I had these thoughts when my kids went). But soon you'd realize that it's absolutely great that they are at school. They get to learn things, and interact with other people. And then you'd be amazed at how much they'll 'grow'. And once in a while, you'd see how happy they are at school, and you'd realize that this makes you happy too!

i am not like all those parents who cannot wait til the summer ends so i will be a bit sad but excited for our two daughters and to see them start another milestone on their journey in life. one is going to college this year for the first time (its several hours away so she will be moving into dorm) and the other one is going into grade 10, will turn 16 next year (which means she can get a job and get started on earning her drivers license too). of course i will miss them but i have many hobbies and things that will keep me busy while they are gone.

Well i think i had the opposite emotion when my eldest went to school for the first time . I was the one so excited for her.. To see her in uniform and all..Im so excited to open her bag from school and see what she got from her quizzes..Well Im always so excited for all the first times of my kids..

I know that when me and my brother was small, my mother had a hard time sending us to school. But it is something that has to be done. I felt bad when my kids started school, but you will get over the initial shock of that. It might take some time though. I remember when my son was left alone for the first time, he was crying. So they had my wife at the time stay with him in class for a few minutes. That seemed to ease the shock for him. It did get better each day that passed. Now he is eleven and does not want anyone bothering him when he goes to school. He is a little man, and my daughter, well she is used to it with not problem. It was easier for her then my son for some reason.

haha i don't have kids so i don't have this feeling, and personally, i am a very selfish person and would enjoy my time on my own lol! but i can see completely where you are coming from. my best friend has a son and shes dreading him starting school.. and he's only 2 at the minute lol!

I think most parents are like this, my parents were happy to get us out and away from them. My friends parents were just like you when she ws younger, except they never changed. To this day she being 25 her parents wont let her lift a finger without them. You could alwayshome school them, but I think they need tht away time si they arnt always with you.

Hi friend, i have two sons and both of them are going to school, surely i will miss them when they are in school. But we must send them to school for their education. During summer vacation, we will go to some family trips and enjoy a lot with it