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Is it harder to watch your first-born or last-born child to go off to kindergarten?

*sniffle* 

Posted - August 10, 2016

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  • 17261
    Each of those two situations has its own sentiment. :-)
      August 10, 2016 11:59 PM MDT
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  • 3934

    My impression from parents I've observed is they obsess over the first child, then grow increasingly lax with subsequent children.

    I think for a lot of parents having the last one go to kindergarten (and be out of their hair 6-7 hours per day) is a huge relief. So I'm guessing sending off the first one is harder...;-D...

      August 11, 2016 1:02 AM MDT
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  • 2500

    Well, ours were only 7-minutes apart age-wise so the first-born vs. last-born part of the question isn't really relevant. And they didn't leave to "go off" to school until they were just a skosh past 17. And that was the local community college, not kindergarten

    But it was still tough for "mom".

      August 11, 2016 2:14 AM MDT
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  • 17592

    First.  For me everything was harder the first time.  

      August 11, 2016 3:28 PM MDT
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  • 34239

    If memory serves the first one is worse.  

      August 11, 2016 3:54 PM MDT
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  • Exactly and mine are 10 1/2 years apart so the second time was like the first time all over again.

      August 12, 2016 9:39 PM MDT
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  • 17261
    :-)
      August 12, 2016 11:31 PM MDT
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  • 53502
    I was overseas when mine started school. I missed that event both times.

    :(
      August 12, 2016 11:33 PM MDT
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  • 3463

    I only had one, and yes it was very hard. I cried all day.

      August 14, 2016 10:36 AM MDT
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  • 6
    First one. When the last one leaves kindergarten, that's another story.
      August 14, 2016 10:39 AM MDT
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  • It was hard enough watching my only child go off to kindergarten .. and even harder to see him go off to College and then the Navy!!!!  That made sending him to Kindergarten look like a walk in the park!!!!!

      August 14, 2016 10:46 AM MDT
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