Today is the first day of a brand new school year for many excited children (and worried parents). Through Facebook, I have noticed that many of my friends' kids are going to school for the first time today, and the parents seem more concerned and anxious than their little 'uns.
Everytime I think about primary school, I am reminded of my own childhood when either my dad or my mom will take turns to bring me downstairs to wait for the school bus at 6.30am. Those memories are still remarkably clear in my mind because I totally dreaded going to school... Perhaps it wasn't the going to school part that I dreaded, but the part where I had to be away from my parents. Looking back, I do think I have 'separation anxiety' issues, which I had most likely also carried into adulthood.
On this day, I used to be reminded of my own past, but now I also wonder about my future. Will I have the chance to walk in the footsteps of an anxious parent sending his/ her child to school for the first time? Will I ever get to sit beside my child and help him/ her with homework like what my dad used to do? Will I get to sharpen my child's pencils and color pencils every night after my child goes to bed? Will I ever get to iron my child's uniforms?
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