My son’s return to nursery is traumatic – for both of us
about 5 years in The guardian
When I handed him to his new carers he bawled his head off
My son wails as I leave him for the first of his settling days in his new nursery. His old one won’t be back for some time so we’ve taken the step of placing him in a bigger one down the road. He hasn’t been out of the presence of me or his mum once in the past three months, so it comes as a shock when I hand him to new carers. He bawls his head off, drawing confused glances from his new classmates, who in that great gesture of infant sympathy, pause their block work for a few tender seconds before resuming.
Only a psychopath would be unmoved by his little face, crumpling like a chewed-up toffee Continue reading...
Who is popular today?
