Dropping your kid to school for the first time is an experience in itself.
*wait I will continue this in a minute after taking a deep breath and seems like something is in my eyes*
It is slightly easier if the pre-school is just a stone’s throw away but leaving them there on their own is like someone grabbing your intestines and twisting them a bit gently.
We have been prepping her for a year by showing the school to her so she didn’t face any difficulty in adjusting to the place. Just being a new parent and adjusting to not seeing her around is challenging. Handing over your biggest asset to strangers and then trusting them fully is something to learn. You think you can focus but your mind keeps going back to school. imagining if your kid is safe there or did you just hear her crying?
When I was sent to a school I know I must have cried buckets. Kids nowadays are built differently. Even schools are built differently and aren’t the same old dingy lit dungeons where a dragon (the teacher) is sitting there to split you open and gorge on your insides. Now they are airy, well-lit, and full of attractive toys to lure your kids. I hardly heard any teacher shouting at kids. And as I stay *literally* opposite that school, if they do shout, I will get her back instantly. *Eminem’s mockingbird song comes to mind*
As I write this waiting outside to pick her back up, the teacher told me she vomited after crying a bit but she is totally fine now.
I don’t know how to deal with such stuff.
Photo by Michał Bożek on Unsplash
