Sometimes

Few days ago, my youngest told me very casually “mom, I have been selected for a challenge program, but I don’t want to do it”

Her timing was impeccable. I was doing my assignment ( as usual, the very last minute) and really didn’t have time to even think about what she said.

Yesterday, I received a call from the school principal. Apparently, she was selected for the maths acceleration project at a local university and she told the Principal that my mom doesn’t want me to do it.

I have never been the kind of parent who push children to achieve great things. I got plenty of mottas ( zero marks) while I was in school and still turned out well. ( Blowing my own trumpet eh?) Both Yaya and Toothless are very much like me and are autodidacts. Yaya is now teaching herself to speak Russian and has already started preparing for the SAT. I never asked her to. Baby was different from all of us from the beginning.

From the time my children were little, we played this game called “who is first?”. In order to get everyone out of the house on time, I devised this game where  If all three of them got ready and were buckled in the car before I got ready and started the car and drove to the end of the driveway. they won. Every 10 points got them a treat. In the past one year, I never got a single point. Baby wins each and every time, not because I am slow, but because she leaves the car door open, forcing me to wait for her to close the car door, while she  aramse  put on her shoes and buckled up. I don’t know why Yaya and toothless never thought of doing that. ( I have to admit, even I never thought of doing that)

I didn’t want to force her to attend the maths program, but I worry if I did the right thing? Her teacher chose her based on her meeting the selection criteria and she didn’t want to go because she finds maths boring.

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