It's comforting to hear that you USED to be this way with your kids but were able to change. Do you have any recommendation for books or resources to turn my sitch with my S around?
I have given a lot to holding S4 back from kindergarten. In fact, I discussed it with my therapist once and by the end of the session she recommended sending S4 just so I was able to go down to half time and spend more time with him. I'm worried more about the difficulty S might have if he's not emotionally ready than the effects of having him repeat kindergarten somewhere else. S will not be able to go on with this kindergarten class any way, with H transfering (that is if we end up together). S will have to deal with the effects of changing schools for the next 13 years if we stay together as a family.
S4 is going to a 6 week, half-day summer school for kindergarteners starting next week. He will be bused from daycare (the daycare teachers ride along with them the first day) to the kindergarten across the road, then back to daycare by lunch time. I have been discussing it with S4 and he is excited about it. Many of his friends from daycare are going with him. I am also hoping to get S4 into kindergarten at the same school, that way it would be a much easier transition for hiim than going to an entirely different school. I wrote a letter requesting the school since the district assigned us to a school out of town. If we don't get the school across from daycare, I will strongly consider not sending S to kindergarten at all.
