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Smarter than your average Bear

November 09, 2004 | Category: Mother to the First Power



BearRain2004.jpg
Picture by Elizabeth: Bear, in the rain. 2004.

Bear comes into my office this morning and announces that he doesn't want to go to preschool.

The same preschool morning program that he's been in since he was 2. The one that cost us an arm, a leg, and 3 eyeballs to pay for. The one he begged to go back to, when we didn't re-enroll him at the start of this school year.

I pulled him on my lap and asked why.

"Because XBoy doesn't want to be my friend anymore. He said so."

Note: XBoy is this amazingly charismatic and popular little boy in Bear's class who will, undoubtably, be President some day. Or a rock star. Everyone wants to be his friend, and he uses that power about as kindly as you would expect. His mother, FormerModel, doesn't do play dates and doesn't make eye contact with us lesser parents. It's all very "As the World Turns".

So I reminded Bear that he hadn't wanted to put on his rain boots last time it rained, but then he did and he had a blast playing in the puddles. And that sometimes doing things that we don't think will be good turns out to be great.

Bear looked at me a long while. And then sighed. Because I am, after all, the MOST exasperating parent on this or any planet.

"Um, no," Bear informed me in his best 'DUH!' voice. "Mommy, School isn't boots."

So. There.


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Comments


haha, he reminds me of christopher robbin in the winnie the pooh cartoon.

Posted by: ASB on November 10, 2004 07:54 PM


Oh we have one of those friends. It is exasperating. My son hasn't been rejected in a while, so maybe they've gotten past the power play, but who knows. I'm so looking forward to junior high.

Posted by: Laura on November 9, 2004 08:43 PM


Well, whenever I tell him that he can't have candy any old time he wants to he tells me that I'm NOT HIS MOMMY ANY MORE!

Plus, he makes me be the BAD GUY in the Tie-Fighter whenevr we play Star Wars and I usually take quite the beating from his paper-towel-roll lightsaber. So yeah, I guess you can relinquish the Darth Vader title to me because CLEARLY I suck rocks and am a meanie too.

Posted by: Elizabeth on November 9, 2004 02:11 PM


Wait until I tell my kids that they've been wrong. That its actually Bear who has the most exasperating parent on this, or any other planet. Do you also hold the title of meaner than Darth Vader? I've been looking to ditch that one for years.

Posted by: Michele on November 9, 2004 02:05 PM


Well, I was all about promising him a donut afterwards but gee, CD pointed out that food bribes might not be the world's greatest habit to get into.

*sigh*

So we agreed that CD would wait downstairs for him for a few minutes so if he really REALLY didn't like it, he could go home. As long as he gave it a try.

So CD waited down in the lobby, and of course Bear was just fine once he was in his classroom.

:)

I just love this age, when Bear is still young enough to trust us and try things. Figure this will fade soon enough!

Posted by: Elizabeth on November 9, 2004 01:38 PM


Just out of parental curiousity...how'd you convince him to go to school? If parables and metaphors don't work, what will? sugar-coated bribes?

Posted by: MetroDad on November 9, 2004 01:16 PM


You are telling my Monday,Wednesday,Friday story!
Same here with Bacon,begged to go,so we went bankrupt (and still are) on tuition and now here every morning the same thing :
I don't like school.I don't want to go see my friends.
And then every day at pick-up this scenario:
I don't want to go home!
I want to stay here!

Kids........what can you do!

BTW;Our Bear is declaring now every morning that I (THE MOMA) can NOT homeschool him because Daddy is back at work.He says,I am not as good as Daddy and he just wants to do it tomorrow.
Yes...My kids are just a trip!

Posted by: LW on November 9, 2004 11:14 AM


dude, I want to hear more about FormerModel. Doesn't make eye contact? Wow.

I can't believe preschoolers are dealing with middle school clique dramas already. Poor kid! I have the same problem with some of my kids at church -- two 3 year old girls are CONSTANTLY at each other's throats, trying to prove how each is superior. I'm like "dude, you're 3, shouldn't you be playing with Play-Doh?" I don't remember drama like that happening until at LEAST 2nd grade.

Hope things work at out Preschool!

Jen

Posted by: Jen_Jake'smom on November 9, 2004 10:41 AM


He's so hilarious!

Posted by: Jenny on November 9, 2004 10:40 AM


Very cute story! Thanks for sharing that :)

Posted by: Fredette on November 9, 2004 10:13 AM