No poll, just wondering. I walked the mile to DD's first day of first grade last year with DS in his stroller, mainly to show him off since I was hugely pregnant at the end of the previous school year and wanted to let everyone know I'd had the baby. DH took DD on his bike, a much faster and more efficient way to cover that same mile.
Not sure if this is something I am going to do every year now, but I've also been up with a teething baby for the last 3 nights, so my feelings of inertia are high right now.
I went with DS2 in the stroller since it's about a .5 mile walk. But that's been our norm every morning so far. No DH. He doesn't have a flexible work schedule.
This year it will be me, DH and the baby. MIL and FIL want to go. Not happening.
I'm not sure what will come in the next few years. I think DH and I will both like to be there but who knows. This year we can walk her to her classroom the first few days, starting in 1st you can't do that.
Yes, but the only difference between the first day and every other day is that DH walks with us. Both kids are in school so they have to go and I walk them to their doors every day.
That has honestly never occurred to me. But no, I take the kids alone. DH goes to work like usual. The only Dads I see there are the Dads that normally drop their kids off. I take the younger sibling(s) because I have to.
I work in the same district he attends, so it's my first day, too (and I'm an admin). Last year I went in super early, got my school rolling, H had J in the car, came and picked me up (passing his school in the process...lol) and then we took him together. Then H drove me back to work. This was for prek where parents have to drop off and pick up -- no bus. The sitter had the baby.
We will do the same thing only I will drive home to see him get on the bus this year for kindergarten. I will come home early to see him get off, too. This will likely be the last year we watch him together since I really inconvenience some of the other admins by doing this, but they are great sports about it.
That has honestly never occurred to me. But no, I take the kids alone. DH goes to work like usual. The only Dads I see there are the Dads that normally drop their kids off. I take the younger sibling(s) because I have to.
DH normally does drop-off duty and I either stay home with the baby or deal with childcare for the baby (receiving a nanny at home or dropping him off at daycare).
Post by penguingrrl on Aug 14, 2015 9:55:33 GMT -5
We usually do. This year I'll get out of the car and park and walk the girls up instead of dropping them on the drop off line. But it's an unusual year because we moved away for a year then moved back (long story) so DD1 is returning to her old elementary school and DD2 hasn't been there yet. H will not be able to be there as he leaves for work earlier than school starts.
I suspect I'll always walk them up to the building the first day. They don't allow parents into the building at all, even on the first day, which is good. You say good bye at the door and they walk to their classroom.
DH will walk DS1, but that's because that is how we will always do school drop off in K. I considered going but this time of year is crazy at work and we are not terribly sentimental. There are lots of pre-first day activities I am attending, however.
No. I really don't know anyone who has the whole family go. Most of my friends - both parents work and both kids go somewhere (school/ daycare/ or what have you). It would be too much to have everyone take one kid to school.
No. I really don't know anyone who has the whole family go. Most of my friends - both parents work and both kids go somewhere (school/ daycare/ or what have you). It would be too much to have everyone take one kid to school.
This must be a NY thing. The work day seems to start later than the school day here for a lot of people.
DS's school does a cute thing called "follow the bus" where after your child is picked up the families go to the school to cheer for the kids as they get off the bus. We then assemble in the gym and have an opening prayer and blessing for the school year (Catholic school) and then the families can stay in the gym for coffee and danishes for a little while.
I go to the first day off school. DH might come to the first day of K for my son just because of logistics. (First day drop off is different for K than it will be for my older child).
No. I really don't know anyone who has the whole family go. Most of my friends - both parents work and both kids go somewhere (school/ daycare/ or what have you). It would be too much to have everyone take one kid to school.
This must be a NY thing. The work day seems to start later than the school day here for a lot of people.
thats true. Here - usually one parent is off to work by school time!
Post by matildasun on Aug 14, 2015 11:08:12 GMT -5
A's first day of kindergarten is also my first day back with kids. There is no way I will be able to make it. My husband will take her. It is her second year at that school, and we all brought her for pre-k.
The (public) school my kids attend does not allow parents to enter the school for that unless they are kindergarteners and even that is only the first day. Our old school was more open and it was like an open house. Parking is truly not an issue; it's just the principal who has extra rules. So I will go into work a little later (DH normally does drop off) so we can have breakfast together.
We only have DD but it will just be me dropping her off on her first day of preschool, just like a regular day. DH might go for Kindergarten but I really doubt he'll go every year.
DH is going to stay home a little later to have breakfast with her and take pics, though.
If I had a younger child, he/she would tag along just because I'm not going to get a sitter just for that.
Post by imojoebunny on Aug 14, 2015 11:34:46 GMT -5
I am the odd one out in our community that only I take the kids, DH goes to work at 7:00 am. The first day for DS, we walked with a group of neighbors. The first day of DD's school, we were the second car in the carpool line. I couldn't peel out of there fast enough. We are not great bikers and it is really hilly here, I wish we could bike, it would be so much faster.
Post by DarcyLongfellow on Aug 14, 2015 11:37:45 GMT -5
Nope. I'd LOVE it if DH came, but he's either already at work or on his way there by then.
I did see a few kids at the first day at school with both parents there, but it wasn't the norm.
Parking is insane, though, even without most kids having two parents come. If more kids had two parents come in two cars (which they would), it would be even worse.
No. I really don't know anyone who has the whole family go. Most of my friends - both parents work and both kids go somewhere (school/ daycare/ or what have you). It would be too much to have everyone take one kid to school.
This must be a NY thing. The work day seems to start later than the school day here for a lot of people.
It does here too. The school my MIL taught at in KC, MO started at 7:10 or 7:15. I have never started work regularly before 8. I usually start at 9 now.