News Flash…

A genetic mutation is spreading across preschools the world over.  The mutation seems to be triggered by age, generally around age 5 and results in an extremely slow response time to simple directions or down right defiance.   Parents everywhere are shaking their heads, wondering what to do with their 5 year old mutants. Government forces are waging a campaign aimed at getting parents to register their mutants at local Mutant Etiquette Student Service Centers (MESS-C) as a way of heading off the decline of human civilization as we know it.

 

Mutant Etiquette Student Service Centers are codenamed: Kindergarten 

 

 

I think that the teachers at Q’s preschool do a good job of preparing the kids for Kindergarten. Still, it is inevitable that rumors should spread about this mysterious children’s garden everyone’s being shipped off to. Q’s most recent comments to me about Kindergarten include...

 

“Papi, did you know that at Kindergarten they do homework all the time?”

 

And

 

“Papi, in Kindergarten you can never ever play.” 

 

Mami and I are working to debunk the most extreme rumors but others can be useful. For example,

 

“In Kindergarten children have to do good listening all the time, so let’s start practicing today.”

 

And

 

“If you don’t start saving now for your child’s college education you’re screwed.”

 (Oh, wait that last one was from Kindergarten-Parent Orientation.)

 

My son recently told a younger preschool friend, “I’m 5 now so I’m not going to be here anymore.” So, the pattern continues.

 

It seems a blink of an eye since Mami and I took Q to toddler school for the first time. And the fact is we are more anxious about the move to kinder than Q is.

 

You’d think the idea of leaving a school he has been at for 4 years would feel like moving to Borneo (if Q new where Borneo was). But he seems to be approaching the change with excitement. He keeps asking, “Papi, have you picked my new school yet? I really, really want to see it.” I feel like I can learn something from my son’s ability to move from one thing to the next when it’s time.

 

So there you have it, my little preschooler is becoming a man and new adventures await. For those of you in similar situations, share your experiences. I’ll be doing the same in the months to come.

 

--DiggyDaddy