Your child may be giving you signals that they are anxious or nervous about going back to school. Sometimes we miss the cues our kids are sending because we read it as just being cranky or unpleasant, when in fact they are internalizing something about going back to school.

It can be amazing what kids think about and what they worry about. To us it might seem silly, or unnecessary, but back-to-school is a big part of their world, it’s not a trivial experience.

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