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03-01-2003, 07:21 PM
<span style='font-family:comic sans ms'><span style='color:666633' >Parenting Impacts Success in Kindergarten
By Jay Mathews
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, February 12, 2002; 6:00 AM
Kindergarten is scary, or so they say. I don't remember having much trouble with it. In fact, I have been seriously frightened only three times in my very fortunate life: the first night of my paper route at age 10, receiving orders to Vietnam at age 23 and starting work at this newspaper at age 26.
I seem to have been ready for most eventualities, and I think I know why. The reason is a short, gray-haired, talkative 84-year-old who is volunteering these days at the playground of Laurel Elementary School in San Mateo, Calif., where she encourages 8-year-olds to tell her what is bugging them. That's my mom.
As everyone knows, 5 years old is a very important age (http://www.washingtonpost.c om/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article &node=&contentId=A59116-2002Feb11¬Found=true)</span></span>
By Jay Mathews
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, February 12, 2002; 6:00 AM
Kindergarten is scary, or so they say. I don't remember having much trouble with it. In fact, I have been seriously frightened only three times in my very fortunate life: the first night of my paper route at age 10, receiving orders to Vietnam at age 23 and starting work at this newspaper at age 26.
I seem to have been ready for most eventualities, and I think I know why. The reason is a short, gray-haired, talkative 84-year-old who is volunteering these days at the playground of Laurel Elementary School in San Mateo, Calif., where she encourages 8-year-olds to tell her what is bugging them. That's my mom.
As everyone knows, 5 years old is a very important age (http://www.washingtonpost.c om/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article &node=&contentId=A59116-2002Feb11¬Found=true)</span></span>