Kindergarten is it really College?

Cade started Kindergarten this year.  It has been a struggle for him.  The 1st semester he finally buckled down and got in a routine.  Now after Winter Break and all these snow days he is back to hating school and being very negative about the whole situation.  It hurts my heart to see him struggle so. He has had two meltdowns since going back from winter break and had not had one since October 8th.  Academically he does well.  His teacher says he is behind socially and emotionally and keeps saying without saying it that he is too young to be there. Apparently she is not allowed to come out and say we should have held him back until he was six.   Which Chris and I dont think would have helped.  His age may be a small part of it but mostly it is just who he is. 

Did you know that it is one of the goals for Kindergarten now to be writing sentences and paragraphs this semester!!!  Yes and why a teacher would not understand why that would be over whelming for him I just don't get.  It makes me sad that so many concepts have to be learned in Kindergarten these days.  What was wrong with the way thing were you know make new friends get into the swing of a school day, maybe learn to read.  That is the way it was when Chris and I grew up and we turned out great.  He is a Civil Engineer and I am a registered nurse and neither one of us were expected to write a paragraph in Kindergarten.  I do realzie that these are the expectations now and we will work hard to help Cade do what is expected.  I just wish for his sake it was not such a struggle.  Noone can tell me that all the other 19 kids are not having issue too. 

Parenthood is a hard job but well worth it.  It breaks my heart when he tells me he hates school and just wants to stay home with me. :(