The Sewing Mom

My daughter and I sat down together and just finished going over all of her option for registering for Junior High. My daughter is a fairly mature 11 year old and yet, do you know how difficult it is to talk about high school and college plans with a girl who still loves her stuffed animals and only goes shopping with me if she can go in to the toy department?

The Junior High Counselors met with all of the 6th graders last week to discuss what they should expect as the head to 7th grade in the fall and what their options were. Last night, my husband and I attended a similar meeting for parents where we learned some interesting things about the Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) programs here in the state of Texas.

So this afternoon, my daughter and I sat together and talked about all of the information we had each received. I stressed to her the importance of not just looking at 7th grade, but looking ahead, even as far as college. This is certainly not easy, but when I think of how fast these first 6 years of school have gone by, I have a feeling the next six will speed by even faster. At this point, I think the planning makes me feel better, makes her think I’m obsessed, but in the end is good for her future.

I have one of those kids who has known what she wants to be when she grows up for as long as I can remember. Although her decision has occasionally changed, she always dreams of her future. There are so many possibilities for her, she could even grow up to be a Girl Mogul and I just want to send her down the path that opens the most possibilities for her. I even found this cute black t-shirt that says “Future Leader of the Free World”. Might as well dream big, right?!