My Home Is Too Happy...

It's official, my home is to happy. It's too comfortable, warm, loving and smells too good. I've got lots of snacks and make wonderful food. The kids can wear their pajamas and wrap up in their favorite blankies in front of the fireplace. It's a home where my children are happy and want to be.

This is a problem. It's a problem that I have no idea how to fix.

By now you're probably wondering what is this woman thinking! How could having a happy home possibly be a problem?

The problem is that my first grade child does not want to leave home for six hours a day, five days a week. He doesn't like the bus (although he really likes his bus driver because she's so nice), he hates math (and it's first thing in the morning), the cafeteria is too loud and the food is "icky" (he prefers mama's cooking), and he can't wear his pajamas and favorite bathrobe (the kid would wear his underwear if I'd let him).

We are now right around the midpoint of the year. The first week of school wasn't so bad. He had some new clothes that he got to wear, he'd had a haircut and a new back-pack. By mid-week of the second week, I began to suspect that someone might need to radio Houston to let them know we had a problem.

Yes indeed, Houston - we have a problem! We've proceeded to call out the rescue squad because this mother is ready to pull every last strand of hair out of her head. My sweet and sensitive little boy has gone over the edge and I think I'm right behind him.

How do I know he's really gone over the edge? He was mean to his teacher! In this house, teacher's are respected and never ever sassed, especially in the first grade. It turns out, someone told him if he got suspended, he didn't have to go to school. The problem with that idea is that this kid can't stand to get into trouble. It makes him more nervous that a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. Of course he didn't get suspended but my goodness, you would have thought he'd be facing a firing squad the next day. Two words - total panic.

I've spent the better part of the last five months trying to figure out what this child's problem with school really is. He went to kindergarten last year and thoroughly enjoyed it. What is so different now?

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