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Where did the summer go? It seemed like school just ended and now its starting again. With any new school year comes apprehension and excitement. The new school year comes with anticipation of new classmates, teachers, and this year a new principal. This school year is particularly exciting with my daughter Mia entering Kindergarten and my son Marcus entering second grade. I have some observations from the first day of school.

1. Kids are getting smaller: I don’t know if its due to bad diet or poor air quality but kids these days are tiny in size. My kids were big babies and are now only average in height and weight, about the 75 percentile. However compared to their classmates they are giants, particularly in Kindergarten.

2. Some Moms are too involved in their child’s education: In my circle of Mom friends a few Moms are very active in their child’s academic lives.  Nothing wrong with being an involved parent but I think there is a point of being too involved. I know many Moms who push to get their child into certain teachers class or in a class with certain friends in an attempt to make their child’s academic life easier.  I think by doing deprives a child from learning an important life lesson which is how to “deal with it”.  There are always going to be teachers and students you may not get along with and your mother is not always going to be there to fix things.  You just need to learn how to deal with it.

Here are some pictures from the first day of school.