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[quote=Anonymous]Thank you, 6:58.  Yes indeed I did send my DC back to AP to spend the afternoon with him, including making lunch together, going to the playground, and going to the library.  We have been hosting a very long time and have never had the experience before that DC did not immediately love a new AP (or babysitter or teacher).  New AP literally never has a smile on his face when he is with DC, and DC has clearly picked up on that.  Sitting in my office with me while I work is boring to DC.  The fact that he is choosing that over playing with new(ish - been here three weeks) is telling because this has never happened before...usually DC prefers to play with his AP rather than sit near me.

He was like this before old AP came back but it just put everything into stark relief when old AP came back and DC immediately became his normal cheerful self again around old AP.  I feel sorry for newish AP and want to help him, but if someone is so overwhelmed by being in an "adult role" that he can't have fun even for the 4 hours a day he is supposed to be playing actively with a 3rd grader and can't find it in himself to smile even while riding scooters and jumping on the trampoline (though he smiles plenty with us and with DD), how much is this really going to be able to work?

I certainly want it to.  I picked this AP for a reason and had high hopes for his success.
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