DD is starting school on Wednesday *sob*. Her closest kindy friends are all going to the local primary school, however I've opted to send DD to the local Catholic school. I've felt a bit bad about separating her from her friends but I know we'll still be able to organise playdates etc - and DD is quite an adaptable kid.

Anywho, today we were buying some school shoes and stumbled into another little girl who remembered DD from a transition visit late last year. Short story, I started chatting to the mum and I felt amazingly at ease with my decision to send DD to this school. I felt the doubts melt away and felt confident about my decision.......

So much so that I posted on FB that "I felt really at ease about my decision to send DD to the school I'd selected". I was genuinely happy that those feelings of doubt and unease were no longer on my shoulders.

CUE the public VS private debate! (PM's mainly).

I don't have a problem with public, I chose to send my DD to this local Catholic school as it resembled the nurturing environment I had at my primary school - it doesn't mean the local primary school is not a nurturing place. I have worked full time + casual work to save money to afford fee's for the school, we're not rich, I've just saved since I'd enrolled DD (3 years ago).

Its like I can't say anything about my happiness about this school without igniting a debate.

I don't want other mums to feel that its an attack on them. If they're happy with their decision then I'm happy with that. It's not a competition. Other mums have banged on about their public school stories with no worries, as soon as I mention boo about this school people are up in arms and ready to say its a waste of money, "look at me, I went to public school and I turned out alright" yada yada yada.

GAH!

Thanks for reading, just had to let that go!