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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I told my rising K'er that he starts Kindergarten in the fall.  Once I know what that looks like, I will tell him more.  I can tell him the week before - what is the point of loading him up with uncertainty.  "Maybe you will go on a bus, maybe you won't.  Maybe you will go to the school, maybe you won't." What is the point of loading up such a young kid on uncertainty?  He's living his best life right now with a summer nanny who pampers him, plus summer gymnastic camp.  Why mess with it until there is something to tell him?  I can understand with older kids though. [/quote]

I'm the PP with the with the other Fall K'er.  We don't dwell on uncertainty.  But I don't want my kid thinking that she's going to go to school, and then, whoops, drop it on her that no, she's not.  She's seen her older brothers go to their "Kindergarten Popsicle Parties" on the school playground the summer before Kindergarten.  That's clearly not going to happen.  She's read books, especially her favorite Berenstain Bears book, about starting school, so she knows that it's typical to actually GO to a school.  The longer I keep letting her think that school in the Fall is going to be "normal", when I clearly know it's not, I think is going to create more anxiety when she finds out it's different.  So that's why we're having conversations.  Maybe your child will react differently, and not having older siblings, it's likely he doesn't know what to expect.  But mine does know what to expect, and I don't want her to think that's what's going to happen.[/quote]

Ok continue those conversations. The entire country is agonizing over what to do here, so go ahead and put that on your kid because she’s been to a popsicle party and needs certainty.  There isn’t certainty.  You’re not going to be able to give it to her.  So my suggestion would be to teach her to be a little bit flexible.  [/quote]

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