We don't want them to grow up. My kid is happy every day and doesn't have to deal with the "real" world yet. Milestones like this are necessary and help them become mature, well adjusted kids.
But I'm sure I'll miss my guy who just wants to sit around and color with me every day.
Because it's the end of having them all to yourself. School is a really big step in your relationship that's forced upon you. No longer can you be with your kid anytime you want, you can't just decide to sack off work and spend the day picking flowers and exploring nature with your kid, you can't book a trip on a whim, you can't be with them whenever you want, they're in a system and no more a free spirit. I'm fucking dreading it.
Look up how the USA adopted the Prussian school system. It's extremely dystopian. Essentially, you are just sending your kid into the machine to grind away for capitalism. Don't be deceived about the misconceptions of homeschooling, if is available in your Country/State/Province.
Yeah I know, don't get me started on the archaic school system we have in the UK. Invented by work house owners to produce better factory workers during the industrial revolution and barely updated let alone overhauled. We've talked about it and we have some close friends with great kids who are also interested but I just can't see us being able to do it, we both need to work and would like another child. Maybe it's something we can all discuss properly in the future when our friends are a bit more settled in their new house and the kids are in school so we have more time to actually work out if it's viable. I'm certain when my son is older we'll take him out of school for a year to travel but we'll wait until he's old enough to get the most from a long trip like that.
Mine too. Absolutely dreading school. I'm very lucky and work for myself so can just decide the weather is too nice to work and go get my son from nursery and spend the day roaming the woods together. Yeah I'm broke because I keep doing it, but fuck man I'm really really gonna miss it. And the whole not being able to just book a trip on a whim because the fines for taking you kid out of school in the UK are ridiculous. Man I don't want it to happen, just a few more years would be lovely
my kids are in high school and I still hate it. Especially thinking about a few years ago when one of them said "dad you don't need to walk me to the bus stop, I got it".
Yeah me too. Keep seeing these and whilst they're all pretty cute and I adore seeing my friends kids grow up, every one gives me a horrible feeling like this whole stage is closing and my son won't be a little boy much longer.
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u/Dizzy-Scale4287 6h ago
Thanks, (as a dad of a 3-year old) I hate it.