switched daughter to a new school this year....now I kinda want to send her back to her old school...help!!
So we moved my daughter to a different private school this year b/c we were not going to be able to afford her old school due to me having a baby and plus, my husband didn't like the school(I graduated from this school). Between daycare and the previous school's tuition, we would have been literally broke. My daughter seems happy at her new school. She says she likes her friends. She went to a sleep over the other night with her friend from her previous school and when I picked her up she said that she wanted to go back to school with her friend. I feel heartbroken and like maybe I made the wrong decision. I have a new job, so we could afford to send her back, however, I don't know how to bring it up to my husband without him getting mad about it. When we first started talking about moving her to her new school he would get upset with me b/c I kept telling him that I wasn't 100% sure that we were making the right decision. I dont know what to do anymore!!!
We had to move my son to a new private school this year as well, because his old school's tuition was raised so high, plus it was 25 miles from our house, so we were paying $70-$80 a week in gas taking him back and forth. We switched him to a private school 10 miles from our house and the tuition was $1000 cheaper a year. He still talks about his old school. He likes his new school, but not as much as the old one. He absolutely loved it there. We have no choice, but to keep him where he is this year, because we just cannot afford his old school. I hated that we had to do that, but I believe everything works out for the best. You can bring it up to your husband. The worst he can say is "NO". I believe that everything happens for a reason and if your daughter is happy at this new school, then I would probably keep her there. It is not good to switch schools alot. If you are not happy with her new school and want to switch her back, then you have that option, but with the economy so unstable these days, things could change again next year with you or your husband's employment, and then you would have to switch her again. I hope everything works out for you. This is always a hard decision!
Maybe you would feel better if she had more interaction with some of her old school friends. She probably misses her old friends and that is why she wants to go back.
Keep her at current school unless there are more issues you are not mentioning. She can see her school friends from former school on weekends and on school breaks.
I don't think switching school because she likes her old friends is really a good idea. She needs consistency. Being in the same school long term is what will really help her.
When she sees her old friends, she says how much she misses the old school, the friends, the teachers, etc.
A few days later - she's over it and she loves her new school again.
Children have to change schools everyday. They adapt, and bounce forward pretty quick!
my son has a best friend and we moved about 45 min away and I just make sure he sees him once a month. My son never asks to move back but does say he misses his friend but this seems to help and if you all still live in the same place and close to her friend then they can still hang out do homework together ect. why does your husband not like the school? kids are also in the moment she was with her friend and had fun so she wants that all the time prolly back at school she will be happy again with those friends
Quoting maxswolfsuit:I don't think switching school because she likes her old friends is really a good idea. She needs consistency. Being in the same school long term is what will really help her.
He called my 5yr old fat.
- sunfire79
on Dec. 10, 2012 at 2:37 PM