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Whether starting school for the first time, or returning as ‘old-hands’, the new school year brings a mix of excitement and trepidation for both kids and parents alike. This month our columnists, Carol Duncan and Chris Howe, tell us two very different stories as they prepare for their kids’ 2011 school adventures.
We’ve all experienced it at some stage as a parent. That sinking feeling in your gut; the do-I-vomit-now, do I scream, and if I do, who will hear me or care? It’s happened to me twice now as a parent, many times as an aunty and, I’m sure, with grandchild number four on the way it’s bound to happen many more times in my life.
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