Protective Parenting

I'm home for a while, after sending off my 2 children to school this morning. I managed to get a couple of errands done & had finally managed to send the car for washing. I'll have to pick them up later at 1. Then, off to work & facilitate a class at 1.45 p.m. Steep timing, I would agree.

As expected, there were a lot more parents this year. We were everywhere.. outside the classrooms, waiting in line at the bookshop and in the canteen. I would say that primary school teachers are a patient lot. It is one thing to manage a class of 7-year olds 45-strong in numbers; it is another thing to teach with parents peering through the windows.

It is easy to distinguish the parents of firstborns. They tend to fuss over their children a lot. I don't blame them. I went through the same cycle when I had to send my firstborn to school. I must have reminded my neighbour's child (who's a year older) a zillion times to wait for my son before boarding the bus after school. Now I trust my eldest son to look after his kid brother. They grow up so fast... :-(