Comments on: First day of preschool http://www.zeldman.com/2007/09/17/first-day-of-preschool/ Web design news and insights since 1995 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:11:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jack Zarnett http://www.zeldman.com/2007/09/17/first-day-of-preschool/#comment-40879 Jack Zarnett Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:49:11 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/09/17/first-day-of-preschool/#comment-40879 My biggest ‘letting go’ story is to do with her acting. She was lucky enough to be in Les Mis aged 8, and when you have a child in a show like that you hand them over to chaperones at the stage door. My biggest ‘letting go’ story is to do with her acting. She was lucky enough to be in Les Mis aged 8, and when you have a child in a show like that you hand them over to chaperones at the stage door.

]]> By: jewellery http://www.zeldman.com/2007/09/17/first-day-of-preschool/#comment-38248 jewellery Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:49:47 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/09/17/first-day-of-preschool/#comment-38248 The first day of preschool is certainly a nerve wracking experience for any parent. You've got to trust other people with your child now – that's not an easy thing to do by a long shot. I think they ought to congratulate parents or something after the first term for their courage. It may also help if the first day the parents are there (I've heard of a lot of preschools which do this) but I'm not sure how good it is for the child. The first day of preschool is certainly a nerve wracking experience for any parent. You’ve got to trust other people with your child now – that’s not an easy thing to do by a long shot. I think they ought to congratulate parents or something after the first term for their courage. It may also help if the first day the parents are there (I’ve heard of a lot of preschools which do this) but I’m not sure how good it is for the child.

]]> By: Derek Pennycuff http://www.zeldman.com/2007/09/17/first-day-of-preschool/#comment-21034 Derek Pennycuff Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:25:52 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/09/17/first-day-of-preschool/#comment-21034 if i remember correctly, friday will be rather special as well. pass on my congrats to the whole family, but especially the little lady. if i remember correctly, friday will be rather special as well. pass on my congrats to the whole family, but especially the little lady.

]]> By: inspirationbit http://www.zeldman.com/2007/09/17/first-day-of-preschool/#comment-20788 inspirationbit Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:04:52 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/09/17/first-day-of-preschool/#comment-20788 it's amazing how connected you feel to another person who's also a parent, especially when your kids are the same age. This is my first comment on this blog that I've visited many times before, and it's a comment to a post about a child's first day at preschool. We've been also raising our daughter at home all these 2 and half years, and two weeks ago she too went to a pre-school and stayed without us for three long (for us) hours. She didn't want to leave either. it’s amazing how connected you feel to another person who’s also a parent, especially when your kids are the same age. This is my first comment on this blog that I’ve visited many times before, and it’s a comment to a post about a child’s first day at preschool.

We’ve been also raising our daughter at home all these 2 and half years, and two weeks ago she too went to a pre-school and stayed without us for three long (for us) hours. She didn’t want to leave either.

]]> By: Jason Kratz http://www.zeldman.com/2007/09/17/first-day-of-preschool/#comment-20607 Jason Kratz Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:34:24 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/09/17/first-day-of-preschool/#comment-20607 Jeffrey- Glad to hear the first day of school was a success! To Matt who was railing against government control of our children in school: please take off the tinfoil. The biggest issue facing schools and students is deadbeat parents who don't give a damn about their kids and their education. "For people who will rail against homeschooling because they say it doesn’t help them get used to the real world (society), I pose the question: since when is school anything like the real world? Remember trying to be cool?" Huh? The real world is full of all the same crap and people dealing with it exactly the same way (or worse). Where are you living where that isn't the case? Just today I was crossing the street, with the walk signal, and almost got run over by a guy deciding he had the right-of-way in his car. And to top it off he flipped me off. And you say school isn't anything like the real world? Certainly is in my "real" world". Advertising relies on people wanting to be like others, be cool, be in the "in crowd", etc. Sounds just like school to me. Jeffrey-

Glad to hear the first day of school was a success!

To Matt who was railing against government control of our children in school: please take off the tinfoil. The biggest issue facing schools and students is deadbeat parents who don’t give a damn about their kids and their education.

“For people who will rail against homeschooling because they say it doesn’t help them get used to the real world (society), I pose the question: since when is school anything like the real world? Remember trying to be cool?”

Huh? The real world is full of all the same crap and people dealing with it exactly the same way (or worse). Where are you living where that isn’t the case? Just today I was crossing the street, with the walk signal, and almost got run over by a guy deciding he had the right-of-way in his car. And to top it off he flipped me off. And you say school isn’t anything like the real world? Certainly is in my “real” world”.

Advertising relies on people wanting to be like others, be cool, be in the “in crowd”, etc. Sounds just like school to me.

]]> By: Rachel Andrew http://www.zeldman.com/2007/09/17/first-day-of-preschool/#comment-20582 Rachel Andrew Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:53:41 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/09/17/first-day-of-preschool/#comment-20582 My daughter is 10, she has her first boyfriend (all very sweet and innocent but still...), she wants to be able to go to the cinema with her friends, walk to school on her own. It's scary. My biggest 'letting go' story is to do with her acting. She was lucky enough to be in Les Mis aged 8, and when you have a child in a show like that you hand them over to chaperones at the stage door. No parents allowed in. She had a job to do, and the details I got were those that she felt like telling me. The first night I was watching from high up in the cheap seats (no free tickets for theatre mums either) and in her final scene the actor playing Jean Valjean swings Little Cosette round really high - she looked so tiny and fragile and vulnerable and I was so scared he'd drop her! I just wanted to race down and grab her. Of course she was happy and quite safe, and had a wonderful 5 months in the show, and I had to learn to trust her so she was free to do that. It isn't easy. My daughter is 10, she has her first boyfriend (all very sweet and innocent but still…), she wants to be able to go to the cinema with her friends, walk to school on her own. It’s scary.

My biggest ‘letting go’ story is to do with her acting. She was lucky enough to be in Les Mis aged 8, and when you have a child in a show like that you hand them over to chaperones at the stage door. No parents allowed in. She had a job to do, and the details I got were those that she felt like telling me. The first night I was watching from high up in the cheap seats (no free tickets for theatre mums either) and in her final scene the actor playing Jean Valjean swings Little Cosette round really high – she looked so tiny and fragile and vulnerable and I was so scared he’d drop her! I just wanted to race down and grab her. Of course she was happy and quite safe, and had a wonderful 5 months in the show, and I had to learn to trust her so she was free to do that. It isn’t easy.

]]> By: starocie http://www.zeldman.com/2007/09/17/first-day-of-preschool/#comment-20555 starocie Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:22:28 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/09/17/first-day-of-preschool/#comment-20555 wish all your children good luck :) wish all your children good luck :)

]]> By: Shahzad khan http://www.zeldman.com/2007/09/17/first-day-of-preschool/#comment-20534 Shahzad khan Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:32:23 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/09/17/first-day-of-preschool/#comment-20534 My best wishes for your daughter peace -mE My best wishes for your daughter

peace
-mE

]]> By: Ray McK http://www.zeldman.com/2007/09/17/first-day-of-preschool/#comment-20530 Ray McK Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:17:20 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/09/17/first-day-of-preschool/#comment-20530 Daughter's alright. You survived. It was a good day. Welcome to the club ; ) Daughter’s alright. You survived. It was a good day.

Welcome to the club ; )

]]> By: Jason Friesen http://www.zeldman.com/2007/09/17/first-day-of-preschool/#comment-20520 Jason Friesen Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:59:28 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/09/17/first-day-of-preschool/#comment-20520 Allow me to second the pro-homeschooling options, particularly when the parents in question are unquestionably brilliant people. We had each of our three children at times in two different public schools, a private school, and homeschooled. With homeschooling's one-on-one tutelage, we found that we could accomplish far more in a day than public school could teach in a week. And we could ensure that our values and perspectives were well-represented, rather than the government-pap-of-the-day or teachers-union-propaganda-of-the-day. Our kids loved it. Of course, the Zeldmans have carefully considered all options and chosen the path that makes the most sense to them. But if you change your mind, you can always homeschool next year... or next month... :) Allow me to second the pro-homeschooling options, particularly when the parents in question are unquestionably brilliant people. We had each of our three children at times in two different public schools, a private school, and homeschooled. With homeschooling’s one-on-one tutelage, we found that we could accomplish far more in a day than public school could teach in a week. And we could ensure that our values and perspectives were well-represented, rather than the government-pap-of-the-day or teachers-union-propaganda-of-the-day. Our kids loved it.

Of course, the Zeldmans have carefully considered all options and chosen the path that makes the most sense to them. But if you change your mind, you can always homeschool next year… or next month… :)

]]> By: Jeffrey Zeldman http://www.zeldman.com/2007/09/17/first-day-of-preschool/#comment-20518 Jeffrey Zeldman Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:41:23 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/09/17/first-day-of-preschool/#comment-20518 <blockquote> To this day, my mother still hasn’t forgiven me for being the first mother who was told she could leave. </blockquote> Ha, ha, ha! Great story. We waited in the library. We were the only parents to do so. To relieve the anxiety, we took photos (in the photos, we look like we are waiting for the oncologist), talked, and <a href="http://twitter.com/zeldman/statuses/274507322" rel="nofollow">tweeted</a>. A-- loved her first school day. We practically had to drag her out of the classroom. Yay!

To this day, my mother still hasn’t forgiven me for being the first mother who was told she could leave.

Ha, ha, ha! Great story.

We waited in the library. We were the only parents to do so. To relieve the anxiety, we took photos (in the photos, we look like we are waiting for the oncologist), talked, and tweeted.

A– loved her first school day. We practically had to drag her out of the classroom. Yay!

]]> By: Claudia Snell http://www.zeldman.com/2007/09/17/first-day-of-preschool/#comment-20517 Claudia Snell Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:30:08 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/09/17/first-day-of-preschool/#comment-20517 awwww - what a nice, but bittersweet post. Thanks Zeldman for sharing. It's always hard to let go. I'm with spinhead up there. My oldest baby is about to be 19. Watching him try to become an adult is much like letting him go that first day to school. If I've done my job right, he'll be on his way soon. I'm partially glad to see him getting older and partially wanting to make him a baby again, just for a few minutes. awwww – what a nice, but bittersweet post. Thanks Zeldman for sharing.
It’s always hard to let go. I’m with spinhead up there. My oldest baby is about to be 19. Watching him try to become an adult is much like letting him go that first day to school. If I’ve done my job right, he’ll be on his way soon. I’m partially glad to see him getting older and partially wanting to make him a baby again, just for a few minutes.

]]> By: Greg Bulmash http://www.zeldman.com/2007/09/17/first-day-of-preschool/#comment-20516 Greg Bulmash Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:28:07 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/09/17/first-day-of-preschool/#comment-20516 On my first day of pre-school (back in the early 70s), the preschool had a side room where they had the mothers go and wait after dropping the kids off. They'd watch the children, and when it appeared that a kid was adjusting well and wasn't going to need mommy to come rushing in, they'd come in and tell his/her mother she could leave. To this day, my mother still hasn't forgiven me for being the first mother who was told she could leave. On my first day of pre-school (back in the early 70s), the preschool had a side room where they had the mothers go and wait after dropping the kids off. They’d watch the children, and when it appeared that a kid was adjusting well and wasn’t going to need mommy to come rushing in, they’d come in and tell his/her mother she could leave.

To this day, my mother still hasn’t forgiven me for being the first mother who was told she could leave.

]]> By: Mike Cherim http://www.zeldman.com/2007/09/17/first-day-of-preschool/#comment-20515 Mike Cherim Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:17:13 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/09/17/first-day-of-preschool/#comment-20515 My daughter just began her senior year of high school. A the end of her tunnel there is light. It's seem from my wife and I's tunnel as well. These are good times, Jeff --- mine and yours :-) My daughter just began her senior year of high school. A the end of her tunnel there is light. It’s seem from my wife and I’s tunnel as well. These are good times, Jeff — mine and yours :-)

]]> By: Kim Krause Berg http://www.zeldman.com/2007/09/17/first-day-of-preschool/#comment-20513 Kim Krause Berg Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:07:45 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/09/17/first-day-of-preschool/#comment-20513 The hardest part of pre-school was believing the teachers when they insisted my little ones were anything but the screaming, hysterical, begging for life to hang onto mommy creatures I tore myself from every morning. I'll get back at my eldest next year, when she enters college. She's the strong, determined, independent one now :) The hardest part of pre-school was believing the teachers when they insisted my little ones were anything but the screaming, hysterical, begging for life to hang onto mommy creatures I tore myself from every morning.

I’ll get back at my eldest next year, when she enters college. She’s the strong, determined, independent one now :)

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