As Another Summer Holiday Comes To A Close The School Playground Is Calling!
Posted by: Blogging The Night Away on: August 28, 2015
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I have to admit I have been a particularly bad parent this summer holidays because I have worked for most of it and only engaged in, ‘perfect’, activities a minimal number of times with my son. So to write a condescending post about entertaining children seems exceptionally hypocritical. It is not that I am not interested in spending time with my son because when we are together we gel so well that we chat and entertain each other with simple things. I am constantly encouraging him to think for himself and find ways that he can entertain himself as a complete contrast to the intensity of the school day. Is it my imagination or do children look lost the first few days of the holidays because nobody is telling them what to do.
When my son was born I dedicated all my efforts into getting him ready to learn and fortified him with so many words and sounds that he could pick them up pretty quickly when he got to school. Now that he is six and achieving exactly what I was aiming for, I feel that it is time for him to start applying his skills more so that they become practical rather than theoretical so they are of concrete use to him. This type of parenting involves only giving him a helping hand after he has tried or nudge him in the right direction – which looks like lazy parenting. I put in such a lot of ground work to learn everything about my son when was small I don’t really have to nag him very much and only have to raise my voice to remind him that six year olds have to listen sometimes.
Next year is SATs for my son and although he seems to find tests quite amicable and just gets on with it, I feel rather sad that the first seven years of my son’s life is going to be summarised by some form of levelling, (which no longer seems clear). My son still believes in magic and is a cuddly and considerate little boy who can tell if you need kind words to make you feel better. When he goes to the playground he finds friends to play with and enjoys socialising with people. At school he appreciates everything that the teachers have set up for him in the school playground and never likes to leave.
Although I missed my son for part days during the holidays I did spend loads of time with him and just got used to him bouncing around singing, dancing, talking and cuddling up to me. I am really dreading dropping him off at the school playground at the beginning of term because I love him more and more every single day and want to keep him in his magic bubble.
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