http://www.theboisvertlife.com/theboisvertlife/2008/09/18/separation-anxiety-doesnt-begin-to-cover-it/ A glimpse into the life of Heather, Barney, Lindsay, and Emery Boisvert. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:50:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.theboisvertlife.com/theboisvertlife/2008/09/18/separation-anxiety-doesnt-begin-to-cover-it/comment-page-1/#comment-10432 dorothy van winkle Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:28:26 +0000 http://www.theboisvertlife.com/theboisvertlife/?p=511#comment-10432 Heather, dear, i feel for you. the boys are not at the same developmental place as the girls at that age, or quite frankly, perhaps at any age. boys are meant to run and make noise and in general be very active. girls are better suited to sitting and doing fine motor skill stuff. if he doens't adjust to preschool, dont make him go all year hating it. in the grand scheme of his life, it's better if he goes later and is ok with it rather than being traumatized for life. he is only a little fellow. we certainly never had preshcool, and barely had kindergarten; instead we were kids at home. some kids are simply not ready even though by the date on the calendar, they should be. and remember, emery has a late summer birthday, which makes him even more not ready yet. all in all, don't force him. he'll go when he is ready and he only gets to be a little boy once. love to all of you. dotty Heather, dear, i feel for you. the boys are not at the same developmental place as the girls at that age, or quite frankly, perhaps at any age. boys are meant to run and make noise and in general be very active. girls are better suited to sitting and doing fine motor skill stuff. if he doens’t adjust to preschool, dont make him go all year hating it. in the grand scheme of his life, it’s better if he goes later and is ok with it rather than being traumatized for life. he is only a little fellow. we certainly never had preshcool, and barely had kindergarten; instead we were kids at home. some kids are simply not ready even though by the date on the calendar, they should be. and remember, emery has a late summer birthday, which makes him even more not ready yet. all in all, don’t force him. he’ll go when he is ready and he only gets to be a little boy once. love to all of you. dotty

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