Is Your Child Starting School, Too? A Message From One Mum To Another

As mothers, we are conditioned to prepare our children for significant life events – starting school is one of them. But the truth is, are we ever really prepared ourselves?

For weeks, I have been a mess. I have written lists and gone over everything in my head to make sure she (I really mean me) is ready for starting school.

We have made sure school uniforms fit just right, shopped for the perfect backpack, been professionally fitted for school shoes and double-checked stationery supplies. We’ve even tried to get on top of sleep routines again. But no amount of physical preparation ever seems to be enough to hold off the emotional weight of these massive milestones.

Written for Mama Disrupt® | Read the full feature here.