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May 26, 2008
Class Is Out
At 21 months of age, I was not going to several classes a week. So when I'm asked- as I have been often- what my daughter will be doing this summer, I'm a bit flummoxed. "Um…" I say, trying to think of something. "We haven't mapped out all our plans yet." But really I know what she’ll be doing. She be getting sticky-faced eating ice cream, she'll build a few sand castles and she'll probably have a few wipeouts on the sidewalk as she masters her tricycle.
I'm fortunate enough to spend a lot of time with Aurora, and I know that I'm raising a bright little lady. She sings her ABCs constantly and has demonstrated her smarts in so many other ways as well. She has a playgroup, so she spends time with other little munchkins, which gives me faith that she's getting enough socialization, too. But I fear she may need more because I'm being tormented by the "Keeping Up with the Joneses" mentality. My mom assures me that I didn't go to classes until I was older, but that was then. Aren't all little ones taking swimming lessons before they're two? It sure seems like it to me! So now besides fretting over the cut-throat world of pre-school, I now get to stress over pre-pre-school!
That's not to say that I'm against classes- because I'm not. We go to a little kid's gym twice a week and Aurora loves it. And I'm not indicting my friends who do participate in lots of classes, because I know for a fact that they spend tons of quality time with their kids. But I'm just not sure Aurora needs art classes just yet. After all, she's still tentative with finger paint and has a tendency to paint everything but the paper when she uses a brush. Am I depriving her? I fear that I’m already blowing her education. Will I pay for this down the road when she's bawling her eyes out because she didn't get into her first-choice college?
I guess that remains to be seen. But for now I'll concentrate on keeping that angelic face smiling; because to my own surprise, I'm actually pretty good at it.
This entry can also be found on Mom•Logic:
http://www.momlogic.com/2008/05/post_6.php
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