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Baby Preschool

A new kind of homeschooling.

By Beth Hering

This article is a joke, right? Someone would actually indulge a child to such a ridiculous extreme? There's nothing wrong with a child having a toy that he/she loves and projects emotions upon, but this is just too much. I'd hate to see what happens when this kid finds out there's no Santa Claus, Easter Bunny, etc.

Posted by: CCV | Aug 23, 2006 19:44

I disagree with the comment that was left for this article.THIS MOTHER IS EXTREMELY IN TOUCH WITH HER CHILD'S NEEDS AND DEVELOPMENTAL PHASE, at which he is growing. I am a kindergarten teacher that just recently quite to stay home with my Sylvia. I see the attachments that children this age have with their "loveys" and it is healthy and very independent of them to have something they hold on to and trust-rather than someone AKA "mom". There is nothing worse than having to pry a child away from his mother on the first day of school. This mother, in my opinion, has gone above and beyond to show her child that everyone and everything has a place in this world! KUDOS TO YOU-

Posted by: A.J. | Sep 09, 2006 20:32

All I could think of reading this was: what a really cool way to really connect with your child and find out what he really thinks and feels about his school experience. It can be so hard sometimes for parents to really understand their child's inner life once they start school. Is the extent of the pretend play at work here extreme? Perhaps. But making that kind of effort speaks well fo the childs imagination and his will-to-power. Kudos to mom for showing her son what he can work in the world, even at only four years old!

Posted by: LG | Sep 18, 2006 17:53

I'm amazed at how detailed and imaginative your son is (or was way back when you wrote this article)! Of course there will be people who scoff at the idea of setting up "school rooms" at home, but really, in a year, this will be a silly memory and your son will be on to something else.

I hope you are always this involved in your son's life- he's lucky to have such a devoted and funny mom. Keep up the sense of humor.

Posted by: Sonia | Feb 13, 2007 15:13

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