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Parenting

20th Aug 2015

TV reporter makes little boy cry on the first day of school

Katie Mythen-Lynch

The first day of school is fraught with emotion.

Even if they’re hiding it well, the long first walk through those school gates without Mom and Dad is a scary concept when you’re only four years old.

While the nerves quickly dissipate once they reach the classroom and make new friends, most of the time, behind the smiles and the new uniform, they’re only just about holding it together on that first morning… something this news reporter found out the hard way when she asked a pre-kindergarten student worst-timed question ever: “Will you miss your Mom?”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd0nDH993UY