Back-to-school is a whole thing, isn't it? The new shoes, the pencil cases, the uniform buying. It's a rigmarole, a pain, just a whole exhausting production. But, what if you were to reframe it?...
What if we looked at back-to-school like a 'parent reset', a chance to start afresh. Most parents recognise July - September as days of carefully piecing together trips, days out, playdates, various forms of childcare and work projects. And while we do look forward to slower mornings in the summer holidays, we are by and large creatures of routine, and the summer months lack exactly that in most households - I know it does in mine.
