Parents of 6 Year Olds
Message to my friends with 6 year olds (or nearly 6):
Just over 6 years ago I had my last baby. And right around that time I started meeting a lot of new people. Many of those people had their first kid right around when I was having my last. What I want you, my friends I met about 6 years ago, to think about is how fast the time goes. Not by thinking about our 6 and nearly-6 year olds. But think about this: Remember when you met me and my wee one was actually a wee one? Remember how she had a slightly older sister and a gargantuan-by-comparison big brother? Well, that slightly older sister is getting ready to go into the 3rd grade! And (I hope you are sitting) the gargantuan-by comparison big brother and he was around 6 when you met him…he is going into (really, sit) 7th grade! Middle school!
Now think about your own 6 (or nearly 6) year old. Someday he or she (or they) will one day be going into middle school or be at that age of middle school (for you home/un-schoolers). Someday you will start thinking about how few years it suddenly seems before your offspring will be springing off. I’m over half way until legal moving (kicking) out age.
I think a lot about the age 6 thing because that was hold on my friend V’s kid was when I met him. And now he’s something like a junior in college (and V also has a 7 year old). I think a lot about how this person I met was a little kid and now he’s this tall man who lives nearly on his own, with a girl friend, and some responsibilities, and was a little kid when I first met him. And someday my own kids will be grown, with significant others (having s-e-x!), and responsibilities (especially if they are having s-e-x!).
So, parents of 6 and nearly 6 year olds, be scared and excited with me. Our once wee-ones will one day be middle school age too. And then college age. I have proof.
