“I’m a wreck!” was the reply from my client, mother of two elementary school age kids, when I asked her how things were going. Her children had started back to school the week before. And, truth be told, they were doing great. Both liked their teachers, classes, friends, and were happily back in the ritual and routine of school days. There was a good reason for that. Children just seem to do so much better within the structure naturally imposed by being in school. Their predictable lives … [Read more...] about Back-to-School Blues
Back-to-School Blues
by Betsy Brown Braun on , under Elementary School Children, Environmental influences, Expectations, Parent modeling, Parenting, Relationships, School, Transitions