# My son starts kindergarten tomorrow **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 25, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-starts-kindergarten-tomorrow/728862 "2015-08-25T18:45:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-starts-kindergarten-tomorrow/728862/1 "2015-08-25T18:45:00Z")
I posted on this board when my son was born. Well, five and a half years later, he starts kindergarten tomorrow. Amazing how time flies. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-starts-kindergarten-tomorrow/728862/2 "2015-08-25T18:46:45Z")
Good luck! Did he do preschool or is this all super new to him? ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-starts-kindergarten-tomorrow/728862/3 "2015-08-25T19:19:37Z")
Awww…what a special day. I still recall every detail about my two boys’ first days. One couldn’t wait and ran off without even a ‘bye, mom’ but the other was just a little timid and gave me an extra strong hug. Good times. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-starts-kindergarten-tomorrow/728862/4 "2015-08-25T19:41:49Z")
Cue up the obligatory performance of [_Sunrise, Sunset_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp8GEytgdZA) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-starts-kindergarten-tomorrow/728862/5 "2015-08-25T20:40:45Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Cue up the obligatory performance of [_Sunrise, Sunset_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp8GEytgdZA) Totally unrelated to the topic of the thread but this reference caused me to begin surfing around on the subject of _Fiddler on the Roof_. And I’m astonished to discover that Topol was only thirty-five when he played Tevye. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-starts-kindergarten-tomorrow/728862/6 "2015-08-25T22:13:45Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Good luck! Did he do preschool or is this all super new to him? He did two years of preschool so the idea of school is not new to him. He’s super excited. I hope it goes well. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-starts-kindergarten-tomorrow/728862/7 "2015-08-25T23:45:00Z")
The ratio of parents to kids crying the first day is 50-50. I hope \*you \*get through it OK. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-starts-kindergarten-tomorrow/728862/8 "2015-08-26T01:28:35Z")
I remember our oldest getting on the bus for school the first time. His last first day is Monday; next time it’s college. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-starts-kindergarten-tomorrow/728862/9 "2015-08-26T16:23:02Z")
Well, I dropped him off this morning and I think it went well. His teacher is very nice. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-starts-kindergarten-tomorrow/728862/10 "2015-08-26T16:25:04Z")
When my son started kindergarten I told him to enjoy it, cause it was all downhill from there. He laughed.