The pull away is almost as strong as the pull toward.
We walked to school this morning, the end of Ben’s second week as a kindergartner. At the top of the hill, he met up with a neighbor and friend, and said he wanted to walk in alone. I fell back a bit.
Ben spun around. “No, Mom, I can walk alone. I want to walk alone.”
“OK,” said I, “I’ll just walk behind to make sure you get to your room.”
“You do NOT need to make sure I get to my room. I know where my room is.”
“OK, I know you do. Do I get a little hug?”
A serious eye roll with hand on hip followed. Then he ran back to me and gave me a huge hug.
“Maybe you could walk with me and say hello to my teacher?” he asked.
Of course I obliged.
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Looking south from Huron Bay
Nature surprises: can you see the frog?
I write because I must: it helps me breathe.
Cynthia Bostwick, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Looking south from Huron Bay
Nature surprises: can you see the frog?
Favorite stops in the blogosphere
- Anti-Racist Parent Blog (It's that tapestry thing)
- Bennie and Ben: Beautiful Art and Sweet Stories
- Bloomingwriter's Blog
- Blue November, a vision I can live with
- Feminist Mamazine's clear, strong voices
- Julie Zickefoose: Birds, Spiders, Words
- My Pal Jayne's Journey
- Organic Momma's Salty, Pithy Prose
- Three Beautiful Things
- Word Imperfect:Clever fun for those who wander but are not lost
3 comments:
Your post made me smile. I had nearly the same experience with my new kindergartner this week. I hope Ben is enjoying school, and you are enjoying all of his new "firsts".
:c) Oh, the age old struggle. So glad to see him being so very fiercely independent mom. What a brave, brave boy, and mom.
Awww, that is too sweet. They want to be on their own, but cutting the cord entirely is also scary so they try and compromise a bit. Love it!
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