Separation Pangs
by rebecca ~ October 14th, 2005. Filed under: Ordinary Muse.
Here my son gives his best show of separation pangs, perhaps for my benefit? After one week at this new nursery school, he now only begins to cry when I say goodbye at the school door, but then he reportedly quits crying after a few minutes and begins to play with joy.
With two gifted teachers and ten children (11 now, including my son) ranging from ages 2-6, this school (re)creates the extended family so hard to find in today’s industrialized, dehumanized, westernized world. I am thankful he can grow up playing outside in nature along with his new mothers, brothers, and sisters. The headmaster is a strawberry farmer, and the students grow and feast on cherry tomatoes and other delicacies from the school garden.
Long live one-room schools!