Tanti Rodi from Grady is that aunty, 45-50 years old, with short hair, heavily dyed to the color of rotten cherry, with a well-built body and stern appearance, who has been working as a security guard for at least 15 years. and knows at least everything.

This is the aunt who, when you see her, makes your soul shrink from the thought that you would leave your little one in her care. This is the aunt who refuses any gentle methods of approach and who forces you, as if under an evil spell, to give her the child on the conditions imposed by her under the pretext that “ma’am, all children are like this: some adapt more easily, others more difficult, it depends on how old they are.” This is the aunt that, upon seeing her, your child screams like fire, that he does not want to go to the fence anymore.

There is such an aunt in kindergarten X in city Y. This Rodika is a woman who is famous for her excellent methods of education, and the director of the institution where she works praises her.

The story with this aunt Rodika sounds something like this:

The first day in kindergarten – you wake up your child from a sweet sleep with the wonderful news: “Mom, today is your first day in kindergarten with the children!”, put on the clothes carefully prepared the night before, try to convince him to eat as much as possible right before the big adventure, you fail in this attempt, you also hastily get ready, take the child by the hand, and start for the fences. Aunt Rhody is waiting for you here.

Angry and shocked, she orders you to shorten the separation as much as possible because it’s best for the baby. Before you can kiss, he takes the child by the wing and “leads” him with hasty steps, too hasty for small legs, to the classroom. You remain paralyzed in the empty and cold corridor.

You try to pack up as quickly as possible to make room for other parents who are following the same ritual. As if now that you see others in the same situation, the whole incident doesn’t seem so out of place. You shake off negative feelings, please yourself with the thought that your child will have fun with children and educators, and go to work.

When Rodyk is not at the fence

The next day, everything is normal, because it is not Rodika who is on duty, but a kindly smiling woman, the child willingly goes to class and happily waves his hand. You leave very excited.

The third day comes. When the child sees Rody, he immediately clings to you desperately, says that he does not want to go to the fence anymore, and begins to cry. You try to calm the child down, tell him that it is good in the kindergarten with the children and the teacher, etc., etc. Before you can wipe away his tears and calm him down, Rodika rushes over to you, yanks the baby out of your arms and takes him straight to the gym, and you don’t have a chance to react. I give you tears in an instant. Although you can still hear the child’s cry, something is bothering you. You’re embarrassed to make a scene in front of the kids and other parents, and you’re still late. You rush to work with shortness of breath and a headache from the hair pulled out by the child, while Rodika took his hands from you.

At home, the child begins to cry: “Lodi na-na!” You try to convince yourself that you misunderstood, but the child obsessively repeats “Lodi na-na, Lodi na-na”. You ask what, how, where, and he shows “na-na” below.

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