Not emotional that my DD is leaving Primary?

[PollyBlue6]

All of the moms I've spoke to are saying how upset and emotional they are due to their children leaving Primary school.
Saying they are dreading the day etc.

I think I'm broken because I'm just, not.
There's been numerous problems with the last year, not actually covid related, and DD has took a dislike to school.
Shes SO looking forward to High school and most of her friends are moving to the same school.

Any other parents felt like this? I'm not sure if it's because I have another DD there and pregnant with DC3 or what.

It just makes me feel abit odd when we are talking about it. I seem like the only one that feels the way I do!

I didn't feel emotional when my dd left too. She was happy there but ready for the challenge of secondary school. She's just left year 13 and that was a bigger deal for me. When I think of how far she's come since y7, I feel really proud.

I want bothered at all when DS1 left primary, he was ready to go since the end of year 5, year y just seemed like a year hot housing kids for Sat's. DS2 left this year and I was more emotional as he is my last at Primary so a kind of an end of era kind of feeling. Also he hasn't been at school properly or able to socialise outside of school properly since years 4 do he just seems young still.

No you're not broken. I did not feel emotional about my daughter leaving primary.

Probably more healthy for your child to see you looking forward to her future rather than performing sadness at losing her past iyswim.

Nice to know I'm not alone.

I am so super proud of her and the person she's growing into and I know she will thrive in High school. It feels like she out grew Primary school a year ago and absolutely agree with ready for the challenge of high school.

I've never been that parent who always looks back and wishes her kids were younger again. Nope, give me kids who wipe their own arses, do homework without intervention, and put their own washing away please.

I will not be sad when DD goes to secondary next year.

I feel hugely emotional, yes. But not sad. Just emotional - it’s a huge leap for me, and the last two school years have been turned upside down by covid which makes this very strange.

Ds is excited, I’m excited about secondary school!! But the end of a lovely era for him. He’s mostly enjoyed his time at primary.

It’s a bit sadder when your youngest leaves but not really with your oldest, especially as she’s ready to move.

@Blackopal that's exactly how I feel.

I understand you want to keep them little forever but to me, seeing them grow is so exciting. I'm so excited for her and I don't feel I'm in mourning for her Primary school years.
Again, ive got DD7 and pregnant again so..I dont know if its because I've got multiple children.

No I didn't feel emotional. It is right and proper for them to grow up and move on. I work in a primary school and every year there are a few people who get a dramatic about it. We discourage it- so negative for the children to feel it's such a heartbreaker etc

Enormously proud that my children had a fantastic primary school experience and I felt so blessed with luck that they were so well prepared and ready.

I felt hugely privately emotional that I was blessed with such huge pure luck.

Many others have it so much harder.

It’s not about mourning though. Not for me. I’m just bursting with pride and hearing all the lovely things that his teacher is saying because it’s over - it’s just so lovely!! And emotional 🤷🏻‍♀️

When my eldest dd left primary, there were parents and children sobbing in the playground on the last day. My dd and I were very 🤨😒!

No not at all. But then I didn't break my heart over the end of mat leave, or missing a 'first' whatever. It's just stuff that happens.

There was a parent at the gates absolutely sobbing, breaking their heart and saying she doesn't know how she's going to carry on at work...it was abit dramatic.

I did get emotional at their reports and hearing the nice things that teachers have said about them! That's lovely but I always do and parents evenings.

I'm emotional as in, happy and proud.
But not dreading the day or wanting to keep her there.

I know we are all different and I'm happy to know I'm not broken

same

Our kids have been going to this lovely infants' school one after another for the last 16 years.
Tomorrow is the last ever day for my youngest and it will be the end of an era.

I feel zero sadness.
I absolutely loved them going there, the staff & HT are superb and we are incredibly grateful to them.
But it's not MY school. I'm not leaving, my child is. And I hate school runs with a vengeance and so I can't fucking wait to never have to road rage my way through traffic, roadworks, horses etc and stress about parking.
I can't bloody wait.

And there will be no tears.
Tomorrow at 2.15pm, when I get home from last ever pick up, I'll be jumping in hot tub with a bottle of Asti and celebrate like I've won the lottery🤣🥂🍾

I cry if people I don't know leave! I

I'm not sad, I just cry.

I cry at any goodbyes. I did as a child.

I'm generally fine once I leave the situation.

I cannot wait for my eldest to leave his primary. One more year. I'll still cry. I'm weird!

I wasn't emotional at all when ds1 left primary school a few years ago until they sang one more step along the world I go at the leavers assembly, always gets me that song
I more emotional now that ds2 is leaving primary school but it's a special needs school, and he's come on so much since he's been there, they also gave all the children a, lovely story book with pictures of them since they started there.

There was a parent at the gates absolutely sobbing, breaking their heart and saying she doesn't know how she's going to carry on at work...it was abit dramatic

Yeah that’s a bit ridiculous.

Wasn’t emotional. Dd hasn’t been happy there for a while. As she said ‘I look school and learning new things, but don’t like the kids’. Tbh, their have been incidents when they’ve been awful to her, especially the girls. Dd is going to a high school where none of them are going, so she’ll have a fresh start.

My DD leaves primary next year and I’ve never been that parent either. MaBe it’s because I’ve taught for over 20 years and see kids leave all the time or maybe I have a heart of coal. Actually I always look for the future and I get excited about the next steps, I’m not one for looking back.

I wasn't affected by my older two leaving but the leavers assembly with suitable tear jerking thanks to our parents as well speeches got me a little. Mainly I was cheering on for the next steps

No, not at all. I wasn't one of the ones wailing when they started either though.

Disclaimer: That was pre covid though. I can't imagine the year 6 leavers things have the chance to be lengthy emotional affairs.

I was relieved but it's nice if people did enjoy the whole experience enough to miss it. I'd have preferred that

I’m relieved that DD2 is so excited and optimistic about secondary. She was invisible in primary and I sincerely hope she finds her place in secondary. She going up with lots of friends so isn’t feeling very sad herself. I don’t like her year 6 teacher and the school is a bit meh. She has been happy there and had plenty of friends but I haven’t loved the school. The eldest has ASD and was let down by them which affects my view. Eldest has thrived at secondary and I have every hope DD2 will as well.