Holding On
"I want to hold on to my kids a little longer," a parent explained while discussing why she decided not to send her little one to preschool. I don't blame her. Not one bit. Our kids are going to be in school for many, many years to come. If you keep them at home, they will benefit from extra time with mommy for one or two extra years before entering kindergarten. Bully for you, I say. "That's the question of the day. Everyone is asking me when my little one will start preschool," she continued. While I watched her 4-year-old yipping and skipping around the park, I knew her mom and I had something in common...besides being moms of little ones. We love our kids. We love being moms. We are not rushing, or at this point, even willing, to relinquish our mom duties and joys to someone else. A teacher who may or may not see the wonderful potential in your child - their creative energy, their fantastic abilities, the...