There are three seasons in any parent-child school life that make us all want to run away and hide.
The first is in May, when the school calendar is jam-packed with special dress days, award ceremonies, and graduations. The second is December, right before a two-week holiday break, where once again, every day has something special and dysregulating, including final exams for some students. Then there’s right about now: back-to-school time.
This year, I’m not going to let it get the best of me. Instead, I’m following a hard-and-fast rule that I started a few years back that has saved us from a lot of added stress.
For the first few weeks, we…
