Demanding All Of You

mi

s there to pick up kids. I waited until Oliver's teacher had a free moment and ap

," I g

tle," she sai

's he doing?" It was the same ques

rd on a lot of kids. It was a big change, and some struggled a bit more than others. My son was

n and a pleasure to have

ng there was somethin

he either does all the work or doesn't do any of it. He would much prefer to work alone. Because he's so much

can't really be a

easier for Oliver if he could make a co

p as a reading nook. He was only in kindergarten but was readin

warm up, but he'll ge

r month, I'm not sure he'll have time to make friends

will find a frie

been reading back on the shelf, grabbed his backpack from t

oodbye to y

g area. He was staring out the window, a pensive look on his face. He was a thinker. I couldn't see anything wrong with being a thinker. He w

out his lack of being a social butterfly. He wasn't completely with

a good day?"

d. "It was

d you do

s. I already know Z. It's an easy one, but th

aren't. Did you play w

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n't k

h. "Do you like the ot

n't k

some of the kids?" I asked,

don't know them. I sometimes play with Jason, but he li

n the playground or p

't like t

of the othe

ook. Sometimes, I li

me. Maybe I'll call Timmy's parent

e his reaction. He looked less

e in the same building. It's good

his nose," he compl

"It is a bad habit, but other than that, I think

id, sounding like an ad

in later. What should we do this weekend? Do yo

time outdoors. We didn't go fishing or hunting like I had done with my own father at his age. We did go to the park now and