My son started school last week. It's so quiet around the house now.
2006-08-29 01:02:28 · 24 answers · asked by franny4181 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Grade-Schooler
Don't get me wrong. I LOVE my children. It's just a nice change of pace for them to go to school. I know that my son is learning things that I could never teach him. He needs to experience life without mom sometimes. And for you people that don't agree, I will tell you like my parents told me: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. My children are my life.
2006-08-29 11:11:53 · update #1
Why have kids? Hey, look, I love my kids. With my whole life. I live my life FOR them. But am I glad they went back to school (or, actually, will tomorrow)? DAMN SKIPPY.
No more hearing "I'm bored" from my 13 year old son 8345 times an hour. No more "Drive me to the mall, Daddy" from my 15 year old daughter. NO MORE!!! BWHAHAHAHA.
Of course, now begins the 9 month war I like to call the "Do your damn homework already" conflict. Actually, it's not 9 months. It's a continuaton of the last 9 Years.
2006-08-29 01:09:20 · answer #1 · answered by ffxi_minizilla 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Being at home all day with my kids, and providing them with a good education means I have no life? Whatever.
This isn't directed at the asker but at the person who made the comment that people who want to spend time with their kids have no life. We are a home school family. We start school next week. I home school because I'm a former elementary school teacher and I was disgusted at what the public schools have become. I'd rather keep my kids home and give them a proper education. I still have a life. I have my own interests. I coach cheerleading and I'm involved in community theatre. If you equate being a parent to having no life then you shouldn't have had kids and I feel sorry for the children you do have if that is how you feel about them.
Again, this isn't targeted at the person who asked the question but the moron who made the ignorant comment.
2006-08-29 01:55:51 · answer #2 · answered by Amelia 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I have read some responses. The ones that state, "Why have children if you can't fully enjoy them...blah, blah, blah..." are really troublesome to me. I often tell my children that just being a "Mom" or "Dad" doesn't automatically give you special powers or a God like status... Mothers & Fathers are human beings just like their children. We also get depressed, disapointed, tired, & fustraited. We can have feelings of sadness, anger, hopelessness too.
There are no true books on parenting... All parents pretty much just wing it. Doing their best with what they have. Every parent has different ways of coping with the stress of parenting & offers special talents to their children... I don't believe any person here has the right to critise another parent while thinking they do a better job in raising kids. To me it seems like a very grandious thing to do... I would rather support those parents who give their children what they have to offer while knowing what their limits are...
Yes, my children can push my limits...
I'm only human & sometimes I need a break!
2006-08-29 01:57:55 · answer #3 · answered by gurlyruby 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Haha, you know i loved going back to school and stilll have some initial pleasure to get back, but nowadays i would rather have a bit more vacation. I'll be ahigh school freshman next year, and so to go to school means that i 'll have to return to a monstrous pile of work. This is especially true for me beacuse i have 5 honors classes (3 languages: spanish, english, latin), and one AP, i had to drop lunch because there's no room in my sched. for it. So for kids like me, it is quite bothersome ot realize that the time of rest and leisure is not coming to an end. so i hope that you realize that while younger children may enjoy going to school, kids especially those dealing with heavier workloads find it somewhat intimidating.
Look at it like this: i hve to wake up at 6 at the latest, get ready, be at bus stop by 6:50, then after 7 grueling hours (sometimes interesting hours...haha) i have to attend any clubs or meetings that i joined. Then i get back home, and face homework from around 4 o'clock to sometimes past ten. And i am only including breaks for one snack and dinner. (I eat dinner in 10 minutes: on school days everyoen in my family eats whenever, not always together), then its back to homework and studying for a test taht i have the next day. But yes i do understand taht you as a parent would enjoy the relative quiet in your house, so i hope you enjoy the school year. Hope my opinion helps!
2006-08-29 02:04:40 · answer #4 · answered by nightraptor8000 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am very excited my children go back to school Wednesday.I love being home with them but during the summer they have so much time to do nothing they get bored and pester me to do everything with them and I never get any of my work done.....but in a way I am sad that school is starting because I love having my children home with me we have alot of fun. I'm just nervous because they are so little and there are alot of bullies and my son is really scared to have new teacher so i worry for him but we have decided that I will take him to school on the first day and be with him until he feels comfortable. I'm very protective of my children.
2006-08-29 01:15:37 · answer #5 · answered by spoiledrotten 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
i'm, WHY? because of the fact I surely have a 5 twelve months previous that thinks she is hardship-free with of all of it and then some. I for one stands out as the only mom together with her Dora The detect pup tent set up interior the college playground at 3:am, so we don't pass over class ;-) LOL, No style of unhappy because of the fact my toddler is starting to be too speedy :( i'm, going to pass over my little sidekick..
2016-10-01 01:08:40 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Today is my son's first day of kindergarten, and I don't know which one of us was more excited! The only thing that made me sad was that he wouldn't let me walk in to his class with him. He insisted on being dropped off with the "big kids."
Now, if I can just get my daughter back to preschool next week, I can get started on all the house projects that have been piling up all summer.
2006-08-29 01:08:00 · answer #7 · answered by tarheel mom 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Mine is going on her second week of school and I still miss her. I can't stand the quiet. I love all her busy activity around me. I don't understand how anyone can be happy the kids are gone. Kids grow so fast and then you miss it all. Then, you want them to come home again, but they're busy with lives of their own. No, I'll never be glad that mine is gone. However, I am glad that she loves school and thrives on learning.
2006-08-29 03:33:16 · answer #8 · answered by HEartstrinGs 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm thrilled! We homeschool, and dread the summer when all of our normal activities are packed full of people. Especially when the other kids have parents who just drop them off places with no supervision because they can't stand to spend ten minutes with them.
How very sad for people who thought it was a good idea to have kids, but don't like the people their kids are becoming....
Perhaps these people should, instead of counting down the days until summer is over, spend some time really getting to know their kids. If they did that, maybe they would enjoy being with them more.
2006-08-29 02:29:08 · answer #9 · answered by d r 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I am a kid and I am going to school too (well, university :). And I am very happy - though I realize I am not going to be so happy 2 weeks after the school has started.
2006-08-29 01:11:00 · answer #10 · answered by possum 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋