Kindergarten
It's hard to believe, but my daughter is starting kindergarten in less than a week. She was in preschool two years ago. Last year we had the ability to keep her home, so we spent the time going through a kindergarten curriculum of language arts and math with her. I guess we figured if she wasn't going to get the social interaction of preschool, she might as well get the educational benefit. Now, she is going to drink from the firehose. Our daughter is a bit shy to start, but warms up quickly. I am excited to watch her grow and a bit worried about the fact that we are moving out of the phase of her life where her entire worldview is moderated by me and her mother. She will now be exposed to other kids whose families have different values than ours. I know it's not going to be anything crazy, I mean, these are the kids of our neighbors, but I fear this is when I start realizing that I am becoming old. Or maybe I have until middle school before that. We did a "get