Little Miss Techie will head off to kindergarten in just 13 days. I’m waiting for the anxiety, nervousness, and apprehension to set in but so far she seems fine. We’ve bought our school supplies, packed our school box, and have our backpack ready to go. School could start tomorrow and I swear she would skip off to meet her new friends without looking back.
Like many of my friends, I am in disbelief that my little girl is going to kindergarten already. I’m excited but nervous for her. I lie awake wondering what school will be like. The mom in me wonders if she will she know anyone in her class, if she’ll make friends on the first day, and if the day will be too long. The teacher in me wants her to be challenged while enjoying school.
If you are suffering from more back to school anxiety than your children, click on over to PBS Parents. This month PBS Parents’ Expert Q&A features Devra Renner and Aviva Pflock, parenting experts who share their wisdom through their Parentopia site and book titled Mommy Guilt. If you having nightmares or can’t sleep because you are lying awake worrying about your child’s first day of school or having, read Devra and Aviva’s sage advice in The Start of School Can Be a Nightmare about how to deal with common parent fears about the start of school.
Luckily Devra is a fellow DC Metro Mom who made the mistake of giving me her phone number. I might just have to call her for some more advice in the next 13 days!
While you are over on PBS Parents, you may want to take a look at education tab for other articles about starting school including:
- Before School Starts
- The First Days of School
- Settling In
- Parents’ Separation Pangs
- Stage-by-Stage Tips (for preschool through fifth grade)
PBS did not compensate me to share these back to school resources. As a parent of a soon-to-be kindergartener and a teacher who has seen her fair share of separation anxiety, I’m happy to share resources and tissues. Lots of tissues.
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Thank you for the kind words Leticia. And if you have my number, that means you are totally allowed to call me. Anytime. : )
We hope your readers will join us over at PBSParents and take part in the conversation. We promise it will help relieve the back to school jitters, for everyone.
Here’s to a successful school year for everyone, parents, teachers and especially students!
I’m so envious that you are all ready to go. We still have to do our school supply shopping. I think I’m putting it off because I’m in denial about starting school again. . .
Kindergarten? No way! My mom tells me that I stepped onto the bus and didn’t even glance back on my first day of school. Sounds like LMT might do the same! Good luck to you, though!