🎒 Back to School

The tummy ache is real – even when it disappears by ten in the morning. Here's what's happening in a child's body before school, and the two small routines that help more than any convincing.

Teachers say your child is a delight. At 4pm the same child melts down over a sock. It isn't bad behaviour and it isn't your fault – it's what happens when a full day of self-control finally runs out.

"Fine." End of conversation. It isn't a lazy question – it's just far too big to answer. Here are the questions that actually get answers, age by age.