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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 434014" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Actually, I do agree SRL... and I think it's nice, and natural, that my son should want to stay at home at four years of age (I don't suppose he will want that in ten years time so I should enjoy it while it lasts). And I do feel some guilt about leaving him and really take the point about modern expectations. But there are two issues - as a single parent, it is very intense and "full on" bringing up a child alone, as every single parent will know, and I do need some respite from that, and secondly the particular demands of a hyperactive boy increase that intensity. To be the best parent I can be to J I need time away to "rest and recuperate", that's the honest truth... If he were not happy at the childminder's and if it were not an opportunity for him to socialise with other children, I wouldn't do it though.</p><p>I left him this morning and he did seem very upset, crying and clinging on to my jacket. When I left, though, I stood outside the door to listen and he stopped crying IMMEDIATELY! And began happily playing with the toys... So go figure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 434014, member: 11227"] Actually, I do agree SRL... and I think it's nice, and natural, that my son should want to stay at home at four years of age (I don't suppose he will want that in ten years time so I should enjoy it while it lasts). And I do feel some guilt about leaving him and really take the point about modern expectations. But there are two issues - as a single parent, it is very intense and "full on" bringing up a child alone, as every single parent will know, and I do need some respite from that, and secondly the particular demands of a hyperactive boy increase that intensity. To be the best parent I can be to J I need time away to "rest and recuperate", that's the honest truth... If he were not happy at the childminder's and if it were not an opportunity for him to socialise with other children, I wouldn't do it though. I left him this morning and he did seem very upset, crying and clinging on to my jacket. When I left, though, I stood outside the door to listen and he stopped crying IMMEDIATELY! And began happily playing with the toys... So go figure. [/QUOTE]
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