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Post by Reviewer on Sept 3, 2024 16:53:55 GMT
We’re in the whiney 8 year old phase. Even the 5 year old gets sick of her moaning.
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Sept 4, 2024 8:31:46 GMT
Our youngest started year 7 today, he was fully excited yesterday and today, up and at it, really great to see. Our now 15yr old starts back tomorrow, given his previous history on attendance I've had maximum anxiety for the last 7 weeks in advance of tomorrow .... Bloody hell, I've just dropped off the eldest, anxiety all round has been through the roof but he went in Goddammit! When I dropped him off I secretly spied on him to make sure he actually walked through the gate poor lad, he was sick to his stomach with anxiety but he did it, he seems to think he'll be able to go back into The Bridge as they call it, for students with special needs (though he's not officially got any) so not attending all lessons but in our last roasting by the school they made it very clear he'd have to do full lessons this term as his attendance was so bad last year so fuck knows how he's going to get through the day and I have no idea what he'll be like this afternoon or what tomorrow will bring. I just hope his friends/classmates whom he's not seen at all or interacted with since about March are friendly towards him. We keep reminding him that it's his last year and he's only got to get to the end of June or thereabouts and then it's all over.
Jeez we've got one kid who's racing in and can't wait to get in in the mornings (although admittedly it's only day two for him) and one who'd be delighted if he never went near the place again. I cannot wait for these school years to be over TBH.
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Post by technoish on Sept 4, 2024 8:39:39 GMT
Just dropped the 4 year old off to reception, joint her big bro who has gone into Y2. So much dust around the school.
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Post by simple on Sept 4, 2024 9:01:01 GMT
My boy was really upset about having to get his uniform on and head out for his first day back this morning. I’m guessing he’ll be fine all day then take it all out on us when he’s exhausted at home for tea time this evening.
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Post by Dougs on Sept 4, 2024 9:19:34 GMT
Yeah, my youngest was a little madam today due to anxiety, I suspect. First day in Year 7 so some nerves expected and it all came out in her behaviour. Sure she'll be fine in a day or too.
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Post by RobEG on Sept 4, 2024 9:42:30 GMT
Was so proud of my little one today. She's a Covid baby and suffered with quite bad anxiety once things started to open up. But she's come so far and was so excited to go in. Ran in no problems. It helps that she knows a few kids from nursery.
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Post by technoish on Sept 4, 2024 9:47:10 GMT
Was so proud of my little one today. She's a Covid baby and suffered with quite bad anxiety once things started to open up. But she's come so far and was so excited to go in. Ran in no problems. It helps that she knows a few kids from nursery. Is she your only one / oldest? Ours was born in May of 2020, but was able to go nursery at same age as her big brother did, and doesn't remember the pandemic I don't think (her 6 year old bro does but seems to have forgotten COVID tests luckily...). She did miss out on a few months of activities maybe, but she did have her big brother to play with.
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Post by RobEG on Sept 4, 2024 12:16:37 GMT
No she’s got an older brother and sister. She was born Sept 2019, so a bit older when lockdown hit. By the time we opened up she was so used to it just being us she really struggled around other people. She’s gradually grown in confidence and it was great to see her excited to go in.
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Post by Reviewer on Sept 4, 2024 12:20:11 GMT
Tears at the door for the 5 year old for the first day of year 1. She just gets so anxious at the point of drop off, she likes school itself.
8 year old practically skipped through the door to get in.
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Sept 4, 2024 17:14:44 GMT
The eldest got through his day OK I believe, like all 15yr olds he's about as communicative as a cabbage but seeing as he seems happy and went to all his lessons and must have bumped into a few old friends etc I really hope it's a turning point for him, to say we're relieved is the understatement of the year but I don't want to jinx things, we'll see how the rest of the week pans out ...
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Post by grey_matters on Sept 4, 2024 18:32:18 GMT
Our 5 year old started school recently too. A lovely new clean and bright school in the nearby village. The continuing links to religion in Irish schools is kicking in already though, although at least there appears to be one other set of atheist parents. The up-to-now lovely and kind teacher earnestly thinks that isolating them now 'would have very negative effects' and is encouraging her to take part in it all. I'm inclined to react badly to this kind of emotional manipulation. Decisions, decisions.
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Sept 4, 2024 19:23:40 GMT
Its tricky, our situation is far less onerous than yours, my youngest (11) attends a youth club once a week run by the local Baptist church, most of the time there's little push on any religious Mumbo Jumbo but come Easter/Xmas etc there's quite a push by them to get said kids and parents to attend/involved in this or that nonsense. I confess (Arf) I did go to their midnight mass last Xmas but in my defence I was a bit drunk and it was quite Christmassy.
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Post by Reviewer on Sept 5, 2024 7:38:55 GMT
I’m still not sure the best age to teach kids about religion. It’s good they are aware and have tolerance and understanding of the religions but ours came home when she was 6 and thought God was real because the teacher told them about him/her/it.
The bit about belief based on nothing went way over her head.
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Post by Bill the kidding on Sept 5, 2024 7:45:22 GMT
I never really taught them about it, but mine have picked up a fair bit from watching things.
They know all about Thor, Loki, Odin, Zeus (Wonder Woman's dad), etc..
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Post by simple on Sept 5, 2024 8:39:09 GMT
My son’s nursery and school have both been good at covering all the major religious holidays so we’ve had quite a natural arc into “lots of people believe different things and these are some of those things”. Which he pretty much just shrugged at in acknowledgement.
His school does do a school assembly prayer but its more of a general “we promise to be good and try our best” mantra than anything specifically holy.
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Post by grey_matters on Sept 5, 2024 8:49:41 GMT
My son’s nursery and school have both been good at covering all the major religious holidays so we’ve had quite a natural arc into “lots of people believe different things and these are some of those things”. Which he pretty much just shrugged at in acknowledgement. His school does do a school assembly prayer but its more of a general “we promise to be good and try our best” mantra than anything specifically holy. Yeah, that seems ok. We have a book that starts out with generic love and kindness messages but on page 5 switches up to "God made all the animals, here are 4 to colour in" and then on to "Here is your family at mass, what items do you recognise?" (Stained glass, chalice etc). And then on to cartoon Jesus dying on the cross.
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Post by simple on Sept 5, 2024 10:33:47 GMT
Unless it was Andy on the cross I’m not sure if mine would even ask about it
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Post by pierrepressure on Sept 5, 2024 10:44:46 GMT
My tearaway teen has just started sixth form after getting generally better than expected GCSE results, this summer has probably been the best it has been for a few years. I'm hoping he's turned a corner now and has got his head screwed on straight, fingers crossed anyway!
6 year old is really anxious about school, has been since reception. I think he struggles with the work, he's not the brightest bless him but his drawing is incredible, I've no idea where he gets it from as me and his mum can't draw for toffee. Some of the stuff he can draw is pretty abstract too. I hope he carries it on as a hobby as he's got a real talent there.
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Post by addyb on Sept 5, 2024 10:52:37 GMT
I became a gramps last night at the ripe old age of..........47
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Post by grey_matters on Sept 5, 2024 18:10:06 GMT
"Hey Dad, look at this!" /assumes position with her hand in the air like the start of a dance, all proud
"In the name of the father, And the son, And the holy spirit, Amen"
Ah great, the first steps on a high quality education.
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Post by Nitrous on Sept 7, 2024 7:35:36 GMT
We have gone from Bing bunny... Yeah. I did laugh when he stepped in dog shit in the park though. Hahah!
Twirlywoos is bearable, Raa Raa the Noisy Lion means I have to dance to the theme tune but Baby Jake is our 2 year olds choice at the moment on BBCi player and if we are talking top tier shite this is near the top and that rabbit must be stoned.
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Post by simple on Sept 7, 2024 8:34:53 GMT
We’re back on the constant Numberblocks loop but have recently had a long Andy stretch and a returning Peter Rabbit phase over the summer.
They’re probably “younger” shows than what came before but glad to be back. I never want to watch Mini Force on Netflix ever again.
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Post by simple on Sept 15, 2024 19:01:36 GMT
I think now he’s a couple of weeks into Year One the fact that he’s expected to be a “big boy” now is hitting my son hard. In the past he’s always been fine with giving away toys he’s outgrown but he’s started playing with younger stuff again and tonight he was in flood of tears over the idea that we’d be handing over his old balance bike to a friend’s little boy. Not a tantrum either, a properly sad big cry and burying his face into my shoulder.
That our Bluey rewatch was up to The Sign probably didn’t help. It was the montage at the end that really set him off. He was even asking if we had to move away from our house between sobs.
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Post by rawshark on Sept 15, 2024 20:59:00 GMT
We took my one year old to a Smyths to get him a play table and ended up picking him up a couple of extras that he showed an interest in.
It’s ok that I got myself something while I was there too, right? Just so I wouldn’t get jealous?
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Post by Vortex on Sept 16, 2024 7:35:33 GMT
If you want heelies to scoot around the office , then you buy yourself heelies.
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Post by motti82 on Sept 16, 2024 9:12:27 GMT
We took my one year old to a Smyths to get him a play table and ended up picking him up a couple of extras that he showed an interest in. It’s ok that I got myself something while I was there too, right? Just so I wouldn’t get jealous? One of the tricks I used to do was to go to Smyth's / Toys R Us or similar toy shops if we were passing by. If it was a few weeks off birthdays/Xmas, I would ask them to have a look and show me what they think is an awesome present for someone else or for their sibling. Take a quick pick of hyper kid holding said present. Go and buy it off Amazon/Cheaper website and lo and behold, Father Xmas just knows what to get them for Dec 25th The pics are a lovely reminder of that time in their life as well.
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