Jamie Day on parenting: starting school
Edie’s already got her new uniform sorted
We all know how terrifying going back to school can be, but it’s time to put those first-day fears aside – for the sake of the kids, says Jamie Day
So that?s that then; in the blink of an eye, the end of the holidays are drawing ever closer. I?m pretty sure that a couple of months ago, as I filled our diary with day trips to the seaside, to theme parks and the car?s MOT, it looked like summer would last forever, but here we are, with the earlier evenings looming and ?back to school? signs adorning every shop window this side of Calais. And while thousands of little ones will be heading back to start a new year, let?s not forget the four-year-olds up and down the capital with neatly-pressed pleated dresses or knee-length shorts taking pride of place in their crayon-marked wardrobes, who will be heading to school for the very first time, including our little girl, Edie. After four years of watching Edie coo and poo, walk and talk, and more recently blitz her way through nursery like a steam train from Sodor, it?s finally time for her to go off into the big wide world, nylon book-bag in hand.
And while I?m obviously happy for her, selfishly I?m also left with a slight tinge of sadness. There?s a ?there goes my little girl? feeling loitering in the pit of my stomach that I can?t quite shake. My baby ? a tiny bundle of squidgy pink perfection only a few years ago ? is now an intelligent, strong-willed young girl off to ...
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