Today when I was crossing the school grounds to go to work, there was a kindergartener standing on the playground right where he was supposed to be lining up, except that he had gotten on the playground a little earlier than he was supposed to - all alone on the playground and he’s sobbing silently, and I’m trying to figure out what’s going on and he finally sobs out “I don’t know why I’m here!”

Turns out that he simply hadn’t worked out that it would be okay if he just turned around and went back to the gate where all the other kids were. Once I suggested that we walk back over there, he was perfectly happy.