By Rebecca Lopez Every teacher at KSJC is like a parent to 100+ kids, but there are the few that are actual parents to their own children at home. No parent is the same and each has their own way of doing things. Mr. McCormack is the father of a happy 5 month old girl by the name of Sydney Gabrielle McCormack. Her middle name is a family name that came from her mom's side. To him, being a dad makes him love coming home everyday. Even though she’s just 5 months old, Mr. McCormack has noticed that Sydney is calm like him, but wacky like her mother. She is a total daddy's girl, but like any other protective father, McCormack said that ¨she's joining the nunnery.” All jokes aside, McCormack plans to be a reasonably protective dad. As a dad, he just hopes that his daughter is healthy as she grows. If one cute baby isn’t enough for you, don’t fret! They do hope to have another kid sometime in the future. Ms. Pascal is a first-time mommy to a baby boy named named Ari Pascal. To her, being a mom is amazing and “she wouldn’t trade being a mom for anything.” She feels like being a mother is this thing that she always wanted, but she didn’t want it to interfere with her career. According to Pascal, all of the difficulties with Ari go away when they get to cuddle because it's when they are closest. Nearing the age of 2, Ari is able to recognize words and letters, which makes Ms. Pascal a proud mother. Ms.Pascal stated that she tries “to give Ari his space because [she doesn’t] want him to see how anxious [she] gets.” She hopes that Ari will grow up to be a brave kid. She’s learned that, unless he’s in serious danger, she needs to let him do him so that he learns from his actions. Not too long ago, they went to Gymboree, where she saw Ari afraid for the first time. When he was faced with a set of stairs, his facial expression showed true frustration. After being helped, Ari finally climbed the stairs and slid down the slide with a grin on his face. Above all, Ms. Pascal hopes that her son grows up to be happy, successful, and curious. For the past 2 years, Mr. Low has been a father to his son, Sage Simon Low. According to Low, having a kid changes your life completely; anything that was once simple now becomes a little more challenging because now you are responsible for this other life. The simple things like eating become harder because you have to feed the kid along with feeding yourself. As parents, Mr. Low and his wife realize that there are battles that you have to give up when you have a child. In this case, language is one of the battles they choose not to fight. Even though Sage's mom is Japanese, he doesn't know much of the language. His mother stopped speaking Japanese at the age of 17 and although she speaks Japanese at work, she would rather speak English with Sage at home. One of their challenges with Sage is making sure that he eats the right foods so that he grows up healthy. As his father, Mr. Low focuses on trying to make sure his son is creative. He wants his son to be a creator, not a consumer, and now Sage tells his own stories at the bright age of 2. At the age of 2, Sage is slowly becoming his own person since he is starting to talk all the time and even have mini conversations. Mr. Low is excited to see where life takes him and his son and is ready for the ride.
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