Adam's Bus Ride

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Hi All

Had to share this story.  Everyday, when the bus comes to pick Adam up for

school, it is a complete struggle to get him on the bus.  He is screaming and

crying and fighting his mom and it takes her and the bus driver both to get him

on.  His teacher says she would never know because he comes off the bus smiling

- true because we have followed the bus to school to see if he is still upset

and he is not.  Anyway, for the two years of preschool, the bus came from the

north to pick him up and in kindergarten and now 1st grade, the bus comes from

the south.  By chance on Monday, the bus came from the north and Adam took his

mom's hand and walked up to the bus, got on and went to his seat - just like

that.  We were discussing this during the day and thought maybe Adam thought the

bus was going the wrong way so after school mom asked the bus driver to come

from the north the next day and again Adam went right on.  She even has a hard

time getting him

ready for school and when she told him the bus is coming from the right way

today, he got a big smile and easily got dressed and went right out.  This

continued all week.  He has been fighting not to get on the bus all through

kindergarten and this year too and it was something so simple.  He probably has

enough language to tell us the bus is going the wrong way, but by the time it is

happening, he is too upset to talk.  Just wondering if anyone else experiences

this kind of behavior???

Donna - gram to Adam(6)mds