(This post is sponsored by Zoono GermFree24® Hand Sanitizer. Any opinions in this post on the struggles of parents with preschoolers are 100% my own.)
I love having the twins in preschool. They are learning so many new things, their imaginations are exploding, and they are getting along better. They’re excited to see me at the end of the day and unload their backpacks full of stick people and finger paint art. It’s awesome seeing them grow but it isn’t without struggles. Here are 4 struggles of parents with preschoolers, or at least for this parent of preschoolers.
4 Struggles of Parents with Preschoolers
#1 Bad Behavior
Being around lots of new kids opens the door to new behaviors. Most of them are the behaviors you want your 4-year-old displaying in public. Others make you want to start parenting some of their classmates yourself. At least once a week I find myself saying “I know so and so does that, but we don’t”. I’ll take the little bit of bad with all the good, but it’s a struggle for sure.
#2 I Don’t Want to Go!
I was the parent whose kids loved going to preschool. Until the second week. They started school on Tuesday, followed by a long weekend. Come Monday, Oliver was adamant he didn’t want to go to school. I was able to talk him into going to school with me to drop Charlie off thinking he might end up staying. We got inside and he latched on screaming “no, I want to go home, mom. I want to go with you mom.” I sat on the preschool floor with a balling 4-year-old wrapped around my neck. Part of me wanted to stand up and take him home with me and give him a day to calm down. Knowing that would make it harder I did something hard on me, I stood up and walked out of the room leaving him there. A few minutes later his teacher texts me photos of him reading a book without any tears. He was fine. I wasn’t and thankfully we haven’t had a situation like that arise again. I’m always waiting for it, but now I know he will be calmed down as soon as I leave.
#3 Down with the Sickness
Cold and flu season is definitely a struggle for us. The twins have always been at home with me so this year will be the first time they’re around lots of kids. And lots of germs. Because they had RSV when they were babies, this time of year is already hard for them. I’m always prepared with pain reliever and fever reducer, medicine for the breathing machine, and a chest rub. Sanitizer is another must for us, not just during cold and flu season but all year long. Zoono GermFree24® Hand Sanitizer helps me say no-no to those preschool germs.
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#4 Lice
One of the first things I thought when my twins were starting preschool was “crap..lice”. Knock on wood we haven’t had any trouble yet and that may be thanks to the shampoo I started using before school started. I heard about Fairy Tales Lice Prevention from several parents and decided to give it a try. So far so good and they haven’t even complained about the scent. They are very sensitive and the rosemary scent is strong but so far. I love it but I was afraid they would complain and so far not a word.
Lisa Brown says
My kids are adults. I will say that sharing was somewhat of a struggle when my kids were preschool age. Did not last long, though.
Julie Wood says
It is really hard getting my daughter up in the morning. She just does not want to get ready and go.
mami2jcn says
My struggle with my youngest is getting her to eat! She is very picky.
Ellie Wright says
My 3 year old granddaughter constantly wants to watch her videos on our phones or ipad. Limiting her screen time is our biggest struggle. My son will wake up in the middle of the night to check on her and she will have gotten up and got his phone and be watching Peppa Pig episodes.
Elena says
My struggle was to make sure my son gets enough sleep.
Janet W. says
A struggle I have with my young grandsons is keeping their hands out of their mouths/noses! No matter how many times I tell them “hands out of your mouth”, two seconds later it’s right back!
Chrissy says
Right now I struggle most with the fact that it seems like my daughter always has a cough. I feel bad taking her around other kids but if I waited until she didn’t have any type of cough I swear we wouldn’t go anywhere. It’s so hard to balance figuring out when she is actually sick vs. just has lingering symptoms. 🙁
Jessica To says
I struggled to get my son to eat healthy. It was hard to get him to eat a variety of food.
Steve Weber says
I would say anyone would have a hard time for them to focus and to pay attention to the task at hand.
hannah says
I’ve had two losses so sadly don’t have children. My sister in law has problems with picky eating with her preschoolers
Will G says
I don’t have any preschoolers.
Rachel says
I don’t have a preschooler but with my nephew we struggle to get him to have a consistent bedtime routine.
Madonna says
My biggest struggle is getting them to clean their rooms
Elle says
Cleaning up messes whether it be plates/food in kitchen or toys.
Brent Strassburg says
We have a hard time putting our kids to bed.
Sara Zielinski says
Its hard getting them to school or the bus stop in time.
Shayna Brookman says
My son is in first grade and I struggle to get him to do his homework every night.
amy stonger says
one of the troubles I have is throwing tantrums, especially when asked to do something she doesn’t want to do.
amanda whitley says
my biggest struggle is a common one and that is getting him to pick up after himself.
heather says
I struggle with getting the kids to focus.
Mary Cloud says
My kids aren’t pre-schoolers anymore but my struggle was keeping them well when other kids around them were sick.
James Robert says
I have problems with my youngest daughter who is extremely lazy and if told to pick something up, she hides it rather than putting it where it belongs.
Cheryl B says
My struggle is to make sure she washes her hands and face often.
Lauren says
Sneezing and blowing noses is a struggle with the kindergarten class I am in.
Dan Dykstra says
My children are all grown up but grand children are on the way.
HS says
My struggle with my little one is getting him to eat greens,
Susan Christy says
Handwashing and going to bed
Tabathia B says
Making sure that if someone is spreading germs to let the teacher know and to wash their hands before eating and after playing outside
Ty says
I have a hard time getting her hair done in the morning.
Cynthia R says
I don’t have any preschoolers, my sister does and she has a problem with his fingers always being in his mouth.
Sarah Hayes says
we have the struggle of getting enough sleep
Sarah Mayer says
I have no pre-schoolers.. when I did it was getting them to listen.
Bridgett says
My problem is trying to get my daughter to eat her veggies.
Julie Terry says
My biggest struggle is getting mine to go to bed, she always wants to stay awake no matter what I try.
Lisa Collins says
Yes! Bedtime is often a struggle here too. We started a new routine recently that is starting to help!
Azeem says
The struggle I have with pre schoolers are eating
Susan Smith says
Getting my preschooler to go to bed is a struggle
Kayla Klontz says
I struggle getting my daughter to use the restroom, she’s almost there, but not quite.
Lisa Collins says
I was worried about that with my twins – they still have trouble wiping on their own. So far they’ve each had one accident and it was because they didn’t get to the restroom quick enough after rest time.