New School Year Began Today

Starting school is a major milestone for children and parents. School is a place away from home where a child will have some of his or her greatest challenges, successes, failures, and embarrassments, because school is beyond the control of parents. It can be stressful for both child and parents. At school, a child will learn about how the world works, about appropriate social interactions, and about people outside his or her family. He or she will learn about themselves, his or her strengths, weaknesses, interests, and who he or she is socially. He will have to perform in a way that he never has had to at home. He has to separate from parents, cope with social and academic challenges, and friends. Starting school can be both fun and stressful.