How many weeks/months did your child cry at drop-off in their first year of full immersion?

[Anonymous]

He doesn't cry after I am gone, but his teachers say he is sometimes very upset so they take her to see his sister in an upper grade. And yes, the FT daycare was the same one since he was 1.

I guess my question is similar to the OOP's in that her child also did fine at the beginning in the new school but then started having problems several week/a month into school.

So ... delayed reaction adjusting to the new school? Or something else?

[Anonymous]

My daughter seemed unhappy to go for the first month. Then she made her first friend. We went away for a long weekend and that friend didn't play with her for a couple days. There was a visit by an educational advisor from my employer at the school. He said the school itself was nice but DD seemed disconnected and unhappy. Looked like she wanted to be elsewhere. Next month or so was a little better, but still rough.

In our case, we moved abroad for work and opted to put DD in a local school vs the American. In other words, full blown immersion. She rebelled, was sullen and angry, but she grew out of it over time. Mainly, she was intimidated. She was 3.5 at the time we moved and it took about 4 months for her to not hate the school. She's now in her second year and LOVES going to school. She continues to only speak English around me, but I've had several people compliment me on her french. The school even surprised us by having her sing a solo at graduation this Spring. We're heading back to DC this summer and now she's upset that she has to leave her friends at school. They were on Autumn Break for a week recently and she was ready to return to school after a couple days.

In our case, it was entirely the immersion aspect. She attended the American school temporarily until I found a good French program. She loved going to the American school. She made it clear that she was NOT going to learn French ever.lol I was tempted several times to pull her altogether. So happy that I haven't.

[Anonymous]

Have two kids who started at a Spanish Immersion school this fall. Pk3 and first grade. No tears at all. But we went into it fully committed with no plan to take them out if they "didn't like it." We have friends who have taken the opposite approach and I think they have had to deal with tears every day. Kid is absolutely fine and very joyful when I see him without his parents in the building.

[Anonymous]

Kid is absolutely fine and very joyful when I see him without his parents in the building.

Typical. But, parents don't believe it.