It comes like this – a student academic report, downloadable from the parent portal at our school, and I can feel it. The clench of anxiety. I’ve done the school mum thing for two-and-a-half years, the fear lessens every year, but I’ll never forget the first semester. What will it say? What will the grades … Read more the one thing your child needs
This post is day 9. New to the series? Start here. And if you want hundreds of other great 31 Days topics, you can find them here. A child’s world comes apart quite literally in transition. The train track is taken apart and put in a box, the bed dismantled and wrapped in paper. There … Read more day 9: words of life
This post is day 8. New to the series? Start here. And if you want hundreds of other great 31 Days topics, you can find them here. So you’ve felt angry, the grief overwhelms you at times, there is an unexplicable sadness in your heart when you think about your losses, and then what? How … Read more day 8: expect and accept negative emotions
This post is day 3 of 31 Days of Thoughts & Tips on Transition. Head here to read the rest of the posts. And if you want hundreds of other great 31 Days topics, you can find them here. We were sitting at our dining table with Big Boy, who is four, when we told him the … Read more day 3: talk to your kids
Dear Devi, Hey, you over there, can you hear me? Yes, I heard the lady in the church crèche, too. Her son was talking at 10 months, and I saw your heart filling slowly with fear. You wondered about Little Boy – nine months at the time – and why he didn’t have words yet. You’re … Read more comparison