Only a few more weeks until Spring Break, then the home stretch. As I go back and forth between the decision to home school or traditional school, I was comforted that S wanted to go back after being sick because she missed her friends. Even though we go through some trials at school, they are things that are building her for her future. She can only learn certain social skills by being social. As I explain to my little perfectionist, you have to make mistakes to learn. I am far too overprotective of her to allow her to learn when she is with me. It is a mother's job to protect her little ones from any harm. I find myself avoiding anything that would upset her. My philosophy has always been this-life is hard enough, I am not going to make it any harder. Life is a never ending journey, so why try to expose them to bad things before their time? Let them enjoy every minute they can, and be there for them when things go wrong. I did that with her older siblings, and none of them are complaining. They have a lifetime to learn the good with the bad. Well, there is some good news as far as school for next year. They have created a multi-age classroom for 1st/K/ It will be a first grade curriculum with a focus on individual learning. It is not a special needs classroom, but more of a specialty classroom. I think this is a perfect fit for us, and in reality, it was added with S in mind. Things seem to be smoothing out lately, but we know there will be lots more to go through, whether it be in school or at home. I told her last night that I'm with her in all this forever, no matter what she goes through. It took her a little pondering to believe it and trust me on in, but she did.