'One of the biggest meltdowns of my parenting career to date was the first morning of school this year.'
, psychologist and mother to her own three children who specializes in child development, so I was sure it would work. “Talk to your child about what to expect on the first day. Write out the schedule for them and have them add the pictures or create a book together describing what school will be like. These strategies will help your child to know what to expect and visualize it,” she recommends.
— eventually — but just not that first chaotic morning. Not only was nobody picking up their dirty pajamas, they weren’t even downstairs. Half an hour later and the only thing that had happened was teeth had been brushed.I started to get the “morning sweats.” Since being a postpartum mom I’ve always been hot in the mornings. No, I don’t have a hormone imbalance and yes I’ve checked — I just start to rush around and look like I’ve just come from a workout. Except the workout is mornings at home.
Then, in my peripheral, I saw a pair of brand new headphones, freshly unwrapped from Amazon for the school supply list, get chucked across the kitchen. They hit a glass of milk, of course, which had no lid because I couldn’t find one in the flurry. So now, the milk, the headphones, and the sweaty mom all converged into one rage-y moment.
The second and third and fourth days went much more smoothly, probably because I came home that first day with a very loud alarm clock for the older two and hosted a family meeting at the dinner table. After almost a week of consistent morning expectations, today we were out at the bus stop calmly throwing a football ten minutes early.
Alex has a Master of Arts in Teaching, and a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications/Journalism, both from Miami University. She has also taught high school for 10 years, specializing in media education.
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