How Parents Can Keep Back-to-School Stress in Check as Pandemic Norms Shift
Dr. Avanti Bergquist discusses the stress students are facing heading back to school.
The start of the school year is stressful, and not just for kids – for parents too.
Parents have also been out of practice when it comes to in-person activities: balancing school drop-offs, after-school commitments and returning to the office.
“The start of school is stressful no matter if there’s a pandemic or not,” said Julie Lamb, a working mom of four kids. “It’s busy with all the new activities. Reintegrating into all of that after a year and a half of being out of a lot of those activities is hard to balance.”