"I Don't Want To Go Back To School"

Originally, KengYong and I planned to send Greg back to his childcare today but apparently the hfmd outbreak at his childcare centre has not been cleared. Greg has stopped going to school since last Tuesday and I noticed that he's getting too comfortable at home. He's now quite resistant to the idea of returning to school, his reason being "my house is nice and fun". We have received phone calls from the school today and yesterday that there are still children getting hfmd, so I guess we have to keep Greg at home for the next few days.

Anyway, today, Greg's form teacher T. Roze called. Greg, thinking that it was his daddy, ran to pick up the phone while I was preparing his lunch. I saw him keeping very quiet when he picked up the phone and I took the phone away from him. It was then that I realized his teacher called to give an update of the hfmd situation at childcare. Greg appeared very anxious after I put down the phone and kept asking why his teacher called.

Greg: Mummy, why Teacher Roze called me?

Me: What did teacher roze say to you?

Greg: I don't know. But why mummy? Why t roze called? T Roze wants me to go school?

Me: (laugh) You think so?

Greg: (nod his head) ...but I don't want to go to school.

Oh no! I seriously think that I would have a big problem sending him back to childcare when the place is cleared.

Saachi's mummy (Saachi is one of Greg's childcare mates) shared with me her way of getting Saachi motivated to return to school after a week of their overseas vacation. I decided to try her method on Greg.

Me: Greggie, remember just now T. Roze called? She said she misses you and she cried. She wanted to see you.

Greg: T. Roze cried?

Me: Ya. How about you going back to school to "sayang" her?

Greg: But I don't want to go back to school... (paused for a while) I think T. Roze'd better come to my house Mummy.

Me: ???

Sigh... this plan doesn't work... I guess I have to think of other ways now..