Kindergarten And The First Day Of School

Kindergarten can be the hardest day in a mother's life. Her baby is going to be gone from her side. Kids have the same feelings when it comes to entering kindergarten. It is a new experience and they need guidance to accept the classroom and the teacher. Most kindergarten teachers are the sweetest people. They understand what the child will go through being away form the parent.

The only thing you can do for a new kindergarten child is take them to the school open house and tell them all about what they will be doing. Make it fun and exciting for them. Do not cry or become emotional when you take your child to school. This is felt by the child and can cause some emotional good-byes. Make sure you prepare your child for the first day.

Plan weeks ahead of time. Talk about the teacher and the classroom. Ask them if they have any questions. Tell them about your first day in kindergarten. If you have older children, take that child to the classroom first so the kindergarten child can see how it is done. They need encouragement to be their own person.

Patients are always needed on the first day of school. No crying or emotions are needed.

How Is The Summer Going With Kids At Home

Well, everyone has had a week or two of having the kid's home from school. How are you all feathering? Are they driving you nuts already? You only have a couple more months to go. Yes, kids can be a handful, especially if you are so used to them being in school during the day. Look at the bright side, the teachers have them for more months than you do and they needed a break.

Kids can fine thing to do or get into. Their creative side usually takes over during the summer months. You see broken bones, scrape and bruise more. Climbing trees and building bike ramps to jump are just kids being kids. They seem to look for ways to give parents gray hair. As they grow older, we sometimes relate the stories of their childhood adventures to them. They laugh, but they are just scared because they are going to be parents some day as well.

Kids are always trying to try the patients of their parents. Most do not do this on purpose, but do it without even knowing. You have to love them no matter what. Don't worry, school will start in a couple of months and things will get back to normal and be quiet again. Take this time to study their moves and see just how much they are like you when you were their age. I bet you will see a little part of you or the other parent in everything the child does.

Have a great day and enjoy your kids while they are young. They grow so fast. Sometimes not fast enough for some of us.

What Makes A Parent

With all the emphasis on being a good parent today, one can only wonder if they are in fact, a good parent or can they do something different. The fact is that not everyone parents his or her children in the same way. What the woman next door does might not be right for your children. If you have children that behave and listen fairly well, then there is no reason to think you are not a good parent. Just because the children next door use "please" and "may I", does not mean that is a better parent.

Being a good parent means trying to give your children love and sharing with them in their excitement or disappointments. How your children as far as politeness does not make a parent better than anyone else. Instilling the fear of god in children to be polite is not good parenting. Loving them and talking to them the way you would like them to talk is how children learn to talk.

What is a parent?

A parent is someone who loves you no matter what.
A parent is someone who tries to stand by you and give you support.
A parent accepts you for who you are and not what you might have been.
A parent is warm, loving and kind.
A parent is the one you want to be with when you do not feel well.
A parent is the reason you are here.
A parent is someone you will miss dearly when they are not here.

All these things make you a good parent, not your child's vocabulary or your child's IQ. The clothes they wear or choose not to wear does not make you a good or bad parent. This is the time of year to reach out and say, "Mom and dad, I love you." It does not matter how long it has been or even if you parted under bad circumstances, they are your parents and they do love you.