“I’m not going!”
Wherever they were going, I didn’t want to.
(or I liked being alone.)
“We have to go! You’ll have to stay here all alone if you don’t come.”
“OK.”
No, no, no - it wasn't like this at all ...
… they left. I managed. In fact relished my time alone.
Kindergarten* kid comfortable with – loving – solitude and space.
Notes.
* I think I was in kindergarten but it was certainly before primary school. Whatever the case, reading this – Leaving your child at home – might make you wonder. It made me wonder about just what sort of society we have become. … but the world is a very different place now and, anyway, I could tick off most of the checklist listed under “Am I sure my child knows the important information”.
365 Short Memories 