My daughter’s last day of primary school was really exhausting and very emotional too. I had expected to be like this but I did not foresee this sense loss I’m feeling at the moment. The girls and boys were brilliant during their leavers’ assembly, remembering the old times, the first day of school seven years ago, the funny moments, the important ones and above their affection for one another. For me it was just like a minute a go, for them it is already two thirds of their lives.
And although I understand that my little baby girl is not really that “little” any more (actually she is taller than me now!) and that she is mature enough and ready to go on to secondary school, I do not feel ready to “let her go”. The 'big' new school does not intimidate her but it frightens me. She won’t be alone there, but I won’t be around the corner if she needs me. She won’t be in her small cosy school any more... And she is already slipping away from me…I’m selfish, I know…but I love her...
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My daughter's primary school graduation was an especially difficult day for me three years ago, too. I also thought about my girl slipping away, but surprisingly we are closer than ever and I can see the young woman she will become. And I love that.
Growing up is hard on us parents more than the kids sometimes, I think! Our eldest boy starts his last year at junior school in September... the move to big school is getting closer all the time. I expect we'll feel the same as you and then some...
I am with you all the way. Today was my youngest son's last day at primary school. I have tried not to be sad by thinking about being very grateful for all the school and the teachers have done for my four children.
A new era begins in September which (for the first time in 16 years) will not include our lovely primary school.
However, my eldest son has just finished his first year at university - he is training to be a primary school teacher and I keep hoping that maybe, just maybe, he will return as a teacher.
@Mervat: Hope it will be like that with my daughter too. My son is 17 and he's slipped away from me already...:(
@Steve: I didn't feel the same for my son who left primary school a few years ago. Maybe I'm like this now because she's a girl or simply because she's the youngest one...
@Jane: Well done to Ben, too. I'm sure he will do great in secondary...but I cannot help feeling lost at the moment...You never know what can happen in life. My neighbour's daughter ended up to become my daughter's teacher in the same school she used to go when she was a kid! It might well happen to your eldest too...Ciao.Ax
It's sad to say goodbye to childhood,the optimism and innocence. And a new stage in our lives too, we leave the cosy little world behind when they are always with us. But it's lovely to see the latent adult person start to develop, too, even though it's tougher going.
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