essay By Jennifer LoConte
BACK TO SCHOOL HIGHS AND LOWS:
Observations from the Field
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t’s that time of year once again: back to school. As a parent, you may be jumping into the air, smiling and shouting, “Thank you, God!” Or, you may be clutching a tis- sue, looking at old photo albums, sobbing and asking yourself, “How is it that my baby is ready for kindergarten so soon?” Depend- ing on the age of your child and how many of them you have usually determines the emo- tions that we, as parents, feel.
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As a parent of fi ve- and seven-year old girls, my feelings are most likely very dif- ferent than that of a parent with a college freshman leaving home for the fi rst time this fall. We parents watch our children grow both physically and mentally as they enter a new school year each fall. I readily admit that when my fi rstborn began kindergarten, I wistfully remembered those days of tak- ing walks with her in the stroller and setting up play dates with neighborhood moms. I missed those carefree times and longed to have them back. This was, however, not the case with my second child. This fall, as she begins her fi rst year at elementary school, I am proud and excited for her, just as she is excited to follow in her big sister’s footsteps. Sure, I reminisce about her baby years, (well not so much as she was an unbelievably colicky baby and spent more time scream- ing at the top of her lungs than cooing and smiling); but I am also thinking that this is
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