A parent's guide to the anxiety that hits when kids start school. One host walks through the real worries: making friends, teachers, eating, toileting, bullying, separation. A client named Alison was so anxious about her four-year-old that she asked for a whole episode on it.
It's that time of year when parents are anxious about their child starting school. Isn't there a whole list of things to worry about? Will she make friends? What will his teachers be like? What if she won't eat lunch or use the toilet? How will he cope in large classes? Will she get overwhelmed and miss me? What if he gets picked on? Or what if she misbehaves? In fact, my client Alison is so worried about her 4-year-old starting school that she begged me to do a podcast episode on this. So here we are.
